Educators Tap Into Dropout-Prevention Center

By Ellen Flax

CLEMSON, S.C.--If it were not for an innovative data base on dropout-prevention programs, Linda Vaughn would probably still be teaching 3rd graders at Centerville Elementary School in Anderson, S.C.

But thanks to a search through the data base run by the National Dropout Prevention Center here, which helped her win a federal grant, Ms. Vaughn is now the director of a $385,000 program at the school that tries to stem early dropouts.

"We wouldn't have had this grant without...

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