Focus on Dropouts, Disconnected Youth, & Diplomas
April 2010 Vol. 17 No. 5
Students Marlene Williams (left) and Sharidah Harper work on computers at the Re-engagement Center at 440 North Broad Street. Since opening in 2008, the center has placed about 2,800 former students in various educational and diploma-granting programs.
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The Re-engagement Center's recordConnecting the disconnected
by Bill Hangley Jr.
Demetrius Newton is sitting up straight in a chair at the District’s Re-engagement Center. He’s making eye contact with Bill Simon, one of the center’s three caseworkers, and answering every question clearly and thoughtfully.
Newton is 20 years old, and for the last 18 months, “all day, every day” his friends and family have been bugging him to go back to school. So, now he’s making the effort.
“But it’s been a struggle,” he says, ticking off a list of obstacles that he thinks stand between him and a diploma.
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Dropped out? No, pushed out
by Wendy Harris
Like many 9th graders, Tiffany Burgos was excited when she entered Kensington High School for Business, Finance, and Entrepreneurship. She looked forward to her classes, relished the opportunity to study new subjects, and wanted to start the process of preparing for college.
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Table of Contents
Theme articles
- Connecting the disconnected by Bill Hangley Jr.
- Large, varied system of alternative schools serves returning students by Dale Mezzacappa
- Dropped out? No, pushed out by Wendy Harris
- Discipline schools charged with helping students graduate by Daniel Denvir
- Looking out for the most vulnerable by Sheila Simmons and Lynne Blumberg
- Immigrant students find school system didn't have them in mind by Gustavo Martínez Contreras
- On-time graduation rate is down slightly
- Web Exclusive District's Imagine 2014 plan includes focus on dropout prevention by Ruth Rouff
- Quicktakes: After five years of public attention and millions of dollars directed at the dropout crisis, what have been the biggest changes for students and families? by Benjamin Herold
- About this edition
Other news & features
- Rendell wants more school aid; fight expected by Paul Socolar
- 9 Renaissance Schools, 5 Promise Academies announced by Dale Mezzacappa
- Effective Teaching Campaign keeps focus on union contract by Dale Mezzacappa
- What went wrong in handling of S. Philadelphia violence? by Gustavo Martínez Contreras
- Corrective Reading raises questions by Molly Thacker
Notebook news
- Notebook membership drive tops 200
Cartoon
- April edition cartoon by Eric Joselyn
In our opinion
- Will the District listen?
- New paths to a diploma
From our readers
- The reality of high school choice
- Improvement starts with cooperation
Eye on special education
- Extended school year services can help students who regress during school breaks by Janet Stotland
School snapshot
- C.A.A. Baldi Middle School
Activism around the city
- Student Union campaign aims to quell school violence by Bill Hangley Jr.
- Public gatherings discuss impact of disciplinary policies by Erika Owens
News in brief
- Reports urge changes in high school admissions by Dale Mezzacappa
- Human Relations hearings focus on school violence by Michelle Welk
- One-stop shop for college now open at City Hall by Michelle Welk
Sports stories
- Spring in their steps by Benjamin Herold
En español
- ¿Se fue porque quiso? No, lo forzaron por Wendy Harris
- Una escuela que "prende la chispa del aprendizaje" por Charmaine Giles y Julissa Ventura
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