The Silent Epidemic

Raising the Dropout Age

John Bridgeland | Posted 03.28.2012

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John Bridgeland

There are no silver bullets to solve the dropout crisis and blunt instruments often go too far. But when President Obama in his State of the Union address urged states to raise the legal dropout age, we cheered.

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Meeting the Dropout Challenge

John Bridgeland | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Serve America Act, School Improvement Grants, The Silent Epidemic, Colin Powell, Dropout-Factories, Race to the Top, Dropout Epidemic, High School Dropouts, Alma-Powell, Education News
John Bridgeland

It is this process of discovery that will propel our efforts to ensure all students get the education they deserve -- and help the nation compete in the global economy.

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Teachers on America's Schools

John Bridgeland | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Silent Epidemic, Civic Enterprises Survey, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Public Education Reform, AT&T, Teachers, Education Reform, Dropout Epidemic, Students, High School Dropouts, Parents, Gates Foundation, Business News
John Bridgeland

No constituency is more vital in meeting the challenge to increase high school graduation rates and reform public schools than our nation's teachers.

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Our Education System Needs Transcendence, Not Fixing

Jenifer Fox | Posted 11.17.2011

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Jenifer Fox

The secondary school environment in the United States and throughout the world is flawed because it is focused on achievement over relevant and meaningful learning.

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