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.
Dropout Prevention Grants: Legislators need to rethink their approach to the dropout problem
by Dr. Terry Stoops
Former Director of the Center for Effective Education, John Locke Foundation