Project Aims to Tackle Dropout Problem, California-Style
Improving California’s education data system is often recommended as one of the first steps toward tackling the many troubles facing schools in the nation’s largest state. And right up near the top of that list of problems is the high school dropout rate.
The fact that no one really knows with any certainty how many students quit school before they graduate was one of the reasons for the creation of the California Dropout Research Project.
Headed by Russell W. Rumberger, an education professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, the project aims to offer a California-specific focus on a national problem and identify remedies suited...
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