Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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Andrew O. Moore supports the nationwide Reengagement Network in his role as a program director at the National League of Cities Institute for Youth, Education, and Families. He brings to this role, extensive experience with youth conservation corps, alternative education, and youth employment programs.
Dedication
Foreword
Martin J. Walsh, Mayor, City of Boston
Preface
Andrew O. Moore
Introduction
Andrew O. Moore
Section 1: Dimensions of Reengagement
Chapter 1: Reengagement as an Issue, and an Emerging Field of Practice and Policy
Andrew O. Moore
Chapter 2: Illustrative Profiles of Reengagement Approaches
Andrew O. Moore
Chapter 3: What Did it Take to Start Up in Washington, DC?
Celine Fejeran
Chapter 4: What Did it Take to Start Up in Allentown PA?
Jennifer Danese
Chapter 5: Reducing the Dropout Rate in Boston via Reengagement
Kathy Hamilton
Chapter 6: Municipal leadership for reengagement
Andrew O. Moore
Chapter 7: Waiting for Daniel
J. Weston Phippen
Section 2: Important Techniques in Reengagement
Chapter 8: Eight Promising Outreach Strategies for Reengagement
Steve Dobo and Shirley Horstman
Chapter 9: “A Student Is Much More than a Number:” Using Data to Improve Outreach in New York City
Alexander Thome
Chapter 10: Effectively Leveraging Institutional and Community Partnerships – Examples from Los Angeles and Nashville
Debra Duardo, Robert Sainz, Glen Biggs, and Judy Rye
Chapter 11: Principles and Approaches for Reengaging Two Overrepresented Indigenous Student Groups: American Indians and Latinos
Korinna Wolfe
Chapter 12: Reengagement Center Practices: Lessons Learned on the Front Lines
Emmanuel Allen
Section 3: Emerging, Promising Practices in Reengagement
Chapter 13: Using Workforce Connections to Reengage Disconnected Youth
Heather Ficht and Carla Gay
Chapter 14: From Reengagement, Into College: Embracing Postsecondary Options for Out-of-School Youth
Nick Mathern with Pam Blumenthal, Jahath Harriot, and Sue Stork
Chapter 15: Early Lessons for the Field, from High School Equivalency-Plus Examples in Massachusetts
Jennifer Poulos, Chad D’Entremont, and Nina Culbertson
Chapter 16: Valuing Student Voice to Inform Reengagement
Jennifer Harris and Rechelle Murillo
Chapter 17: Expanding Options Such As Online and Blended Learning to Reinforce Dropout Prevention and Recovery: Lessons to Date from One School District
Tawnya Perry and Marquis Jones
Chapter 18: Future Prospects
Andrew O. Moore
Resources and References
About the Editor
About the Contributors
Index
This extraordinary book provides communities the evidence and tools they need to help millions of America’s opportunity youth get back on track to a better life. Such work is urgent to fulfill the potential of our young people, strengthen our fraying communities, and restore a fundamental belief in equal access to the American Dream.
— John M. Bridgeland, CEO, Civic Enterprises & former Director, White House Domestic Policy Council
The recent rise in the nation’s high school graduation rates has been no accident. It has resulted from smart and dedicated work on the ground, including the invention of a new strategies to provide students who have dropped out second and third chances to succeed. Central to this has been the realization that for reengagement to occur we need to be able to provide students who have dropped out with supported pathways back in. This highly informative volume shows the Art and Science of how that can be done.
— Robert Balfanz, Everyone Graduates Center, Johns Hopkins University
The problem of disconnection from school and work among teens and young adults has worsened in recent years. Here in Philadelphia, we recently found that about one quarter of the city’s residents aged 18 to 24 are idle, and worse still, a majority are high school dropouts who have never held a job. This book provides important insights into different ways in which the nation could respond to re-engage teens and young adults and increase their chances for a life of opportunity and fulfillment.
— Paul Harrington, Director and Professor of Education, Center for Labor Markets and Policy, Drexel University