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Yspiegel at 18:57, 26 November 2008

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Yspiegel at 18:46, 26 November 2008

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Yspiegel: New page: * Student Advocacy statement on excessive absenteeism, with cover letter and OCFS policy statement on Educational Neglect.

2008-11-26T18:35:35Z

New page: * Student Advocacy statement on excessive absenteeism, with cover letter and OCFS policy statement on Educational Neglect.

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* Student Advocacy statement on excessive absenteeism, with cover letter and OCFS policy statement on Educational Neglect.

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	* [http://www.americaspromise.org/Our-Work/Dropout-Prevention/Grad-Nation.aspx Grad Nation: A Guidebook to Help Communities Tackle The Dropout Crisis]<br>		* [http://www.americaspromise.org/Our-Work/Dropout-Prevention/Grad-Nation.aspx Grad Nation: A Guidebook to Help Communities Tackle The Dropout Crisis]<br>
	America's Promise Alliance recently commissioned Grad Nation, a new tool comprising the best evidence-based practices for keeping young people in school paired with suggestions for effectively preparing them for life after high school. With generous support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Grad Nation was written by Robert Balfanz, associate professor at Everyone Graduates Center at Johns Hopkins University; and John Bridgeland, president and CEO, Civic Enterprises. It is a guidebook that provides a road map to help communities tackle the dropout crisis. It is designed to help communities develop tailored plans for keeping students on track to graduate from high school, prepared for college, work and life. Grad Nation also includes ready-to-print tools and links to additional online resources, in addition to research-based guidance. It provides information and tools for developing and implementing a customized program that’s right for individual communities.<br>		America's Promise Alliance recently commissioned Grad Nation, a new tool comprising the best evidence-based practices for keeping young people in school paired with suggestions for effectively preparing them for life after high school. With generous support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Grad Nation was written by Robert Balfanz, associate professor at Everyone Graduates Center at Johns Hopkins University; and John Bridgeland, president and CEO, Civic Enterprises. It is a guidebook that provides a road map to help communities tackle the dropout crisis. It is designed to help communities develop tailored plans for keeping students on track to graduate from high school, prepared for college, work and life. Grad Nation also includes ready-to-print tools and links to additional online resources, in addition to research-based guidance. It provides information and tools for developing and implementing a customized program that’s right for individual communities.<br>
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		+	* [http://www.nmsa.org/portals/0/pdf/research/Research_from_the_Field/Policy_Brief_Balfanz.pdf Putting Middle Grades Students on the Graduation Path: A Policy and Practice Brief]<br>
		+	This brief from the National Middle School Association, drawing on research and field work, illuminates key policy and practice implications of the middle grades playing a stronger role in achieving our national goal of graduating all students from high school prepared for college or career and civic life. The brief is based on more than a decade of research and development work at the Center for the Social Organization of Schools at Johns Hopkins University. It also draws on direct field experience in more than 30 middle schools implementing comprehensive reform and a longstanding collaboration with the Philadelphia Education Fund.<br>

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 ** [[media: AttendanceMemo.doc| Strengthening School Attendance Policies/Practices to Address Educational Neglect and Truancy]]
 ** [[media: AttendanceMemoCoverLetterfinal.doc| Attendance Memo Cover Letter]]
-** [[media: 2008NYSOCFSModelPolicyonEducationalNeglect.doc| OCFS Educational Neglect Policy Statement]]
+** [[media: 2008NYSOCFSModelPolicyonEducationalNeglect.doc| OCFS Educational Neglect Policy Statement]]<br><br>
 *  [http://www.americaspromise.org/Our-Work/Dropout-Prevention/Grad-Nation.aspx Grad Nation: A Guidebook to Help Communities Tackle The Dropout Crisis]<br>
 America's Promise Alliance recently commissioned Grad Nation, a new tool comprising the best evidence-based practices for keeping young people in school paired with suggestions for effectively preparing them for life after high school. With generous support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Grad Nation was written by Robert Balfanz, associate professor at Everyone Graduates Center at Johns Hopkins University; and John Bridgeland, president and CEO, Civic Enterprises. It is a guidebook that provides a road map to help communities tackle the dropout crisis. It is designed to help communities develop tailored plans for keeping students on track to graduate from high school, prepared for college, work and life. Grad Nation also includes ready-to-print tools and links to additional online resources, in addition to research-based guidance. It provides information and tools for developing and implementing a customized program that’s right for individual communities.<br>

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 ** [[media: 2008NYSOCFSModelPolicyonEducationalNeglect.doc| OCFS Educational Neglect Policy Statement]]
-* America's Promise Alliance recently commissioned Grad Nation, a new tool comprising the best evidence-based practices for keeping young people in school paired with suggestions for effectively preparing them for life after high school.<br> With generous support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Grad Nation was written by Robert Balfanz, associate professor at Everyone Graduates Center at Johns Hopkins University; and John Bridgeland, president and CEO, Civic Enterprises. <br> It is a guidebook that provides a road map to help communities tackle the dropout crisis. It is designed to help communities develop tailored plans for keeping students on track to grade from high school and prepare for college, work and life. The guidebook is a natural outgrowth of our local summit work to ensure that solutions are developed to put our youth on a path to success.
+*  [http://www.americaspromise.org/Our-Work/Dropout-Prevention/Grad-Nation.aspx Grad Nation: A Guidebook to Help Communities Tackle The Dropout Crisis]<br>
-** [http://www.americaspromise.org/APAPage.aspx?id=11796 Go to Grad Nation download site]
+America's Promise Alliance recently commissioned Grad Nation, a new tool comprising the best evidence-based practices for keeping young people in school paired with suggestions for effectively preparing them for life after high school. With generous support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Grad Nation was written by Robert Balfanz, associate professor at Everyone Graduates Center at Johns Hopkins University; and John Bridgeland, president and CEO, Civic Enterprises. It is a guidebook that provides a road map to help communities tackle the dropout crisis. It is designed to help communities develop tailored plans for keeping students on track to graduate from high school, prepared for college, work and life. Grad Nation also includes ready-to-print tools and links to additional online resources, in addition to research-based guidance. It provides information and tools for developing and implementing a customized program that’s right for individual communities.<br>

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		+	* [http://www.programdesign.com/wiki/Yonkers_Truancy#TRUANCY_RESOURCES Truancy Resources]
	* In November, 2008 Student Advocacy issued “Strengthening School Attendance Policies/Practices to Address Educational Neglect and Truancy”, to all Westchester and Putnam superintendents, along with a cover letter and the OCFS policy statement on Educational Neglect.		* In November, 2008 Student Advocacy issued “Strengthening School Attendance Policies/Practices to Address Educational Neglect and Truancy”, to all Westchester and Putnam superintendents, along with a cover letter and the OCFS policy statement on Educational Neglect.
	** [[media: AttendanceMemo.doc\| Strengthening School Attendance Policies/Practices to Address Educational Neglect and Truancy]]		** [[media: AttendanceMemo.doc\| Strengthening School Attendance Policies/Practices to Address Educational Neglect and Truancy]]

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	** [[media: AttendanceMemoCoverLetterfinal.doc\| Attendance Memo Cover Letter]]		** [[media: AttendanceMemoCoverLetterfinal.doc\| Attendance Memo Cover Letter]]
	** [[media: 2008NYSOCFSModelPolicyonEducationalNeglect.doc\| OCFS Educational Neglect Policy Statement]]		** [[media: 2008NYSOCFSModelPolicyonEducationalNeglect.doc\| OCFS Educational Neglect Policy Statement]]
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		+	* America's Promise Alliance recently commissioned Grad Nation, a new tool comprising the best evidence-based practices for keeping young people in school paired with suggestions for effectively preparing them for life after high school.<br> With generous support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Grad Nation was written by Robert Balfanz, associate professor at Everyone Graduates Center at Johns Hopkins University; and John Bridgeland, president and CEO, Civic Enterprises. <br> It is a guidebook that provides a road map to help communities tackle the dropout crisis. It is designed to help communities develop tailored plans for keeping students on track to grade from high school and prepare for college, work and life. The guidebook is a natural outgrowth of our local summit work to ensure that solutions are developed to put our youth on a path to success.
		+	** [http://www.americaspromise.org/APAPage.aspx?id=11796 Go to Grad Nation download site]

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−	* Student Advocacy ~~statement on excessive absenteeism~~, with cover letter and OCFS policy statement on Educational Neglect.	+	* In November, 2008 Student Advocacy issued “Strengthening School Attendance Policies/Practices to Address Educational Neglect and Truancy”, to all Westchester and Putnam superintendents, along with a cover letter and the OCFS policy statement on Educational Neglect.
		+	** [[media: AttendanceMemo.doc\| Strengthening School Attendance Policies/Practices to Address Educational Neglect and Truancy]]
		+	** [[media: AttendanceMemoCoverLetterfinal.doc\| Attendance Memo Cover Letter]]
		+	** [[media: 2008NYSOCFSModelPolicyonEducationalNeglect.doc\| OCFS Educational Neglect Policy Statement]]