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Opening a Second Front Against the Dropout Epidemic
January 13, 2010 - A Philanthropy New York Members Briefing sponsored by Common Cents, Parish of Trinity Church/Trinity Wall Street, and Rockefeller Brothers Fund.
Current efforts to fight the dropout epidemic focus on treatment and prevention for adolescents -- targeting youth who have already quit school, or at-risk middle schoolers. This briefing explored a new possibility: to open a “second front” against the dropout epidemic by helping children throughout their school careers to build and maintain an indissoluble bond with their schools and communities through service-learning.
Materials
- Can Service-Learning Open a Second Front Against the Dropout Epidemic? [PDF]
A presentation by Teddy Gross on the Common Cents Dynamic Development model.