Spotlights 371 - Dropout Prevention Grants: Legislators need to rethink their approach to the dropout problem
March 24, 2009
Key facts:
Only 14 of the 100 schools that received services from dropout prevention grant recipients had substantially lower dropout rates and higher graduation rates from the 2006-07 to the 2007-08 school year.
Of the five types of recipients awarded grants, grants to non-profit organizations appeared to have the most success.
Further empirical research is required to get a complete picture of the relationship, if any, between dropout prevention grants and dropout rates.
