1. Re-Engaging Dropouts: Local Innovations & New Opportunities for Federal Policy April 4, 2014 @AYPF_Tweets #aypfevents

2. April 4, 2014 PROMISING DEVELOPMENTS IN DROPOUT RE-ENGAGEMENT Andrew O. Moore, Senior Fellow Institute for Youth, Education, and Families National League of Cities Supported by the C.S. Mott Foundation and the Annie E. Casey Foundation

3. Responses to dropout rates  Address chronic absence as key precondition  Early warning systems & interventions  Middle school and 9 th grade  Ongoing high school reform  Engagement, dual enrollment strategies  Expansion of accelerated / on track options and other alternative settings  Recovery and re-engagement

4. Dropout Reengagement Spreading Across U.S.

5. Working Definition: Reengagement Center/Program  Staffed portal  Operates at the citywide or school district level  Provides one-stop outreach, assessment, referral, re-enrollment, and continued support services  Restores educationally disconnected youth and young adults to best fit options to complete credentials

6. Policy Platforms  School district  Intermediary / NGO  City government  Community college  Combinations of above  School district, community college per-pupil funding  Foundation  Workforce development  Federal HSGI grants  State government – two states  Child welfare  In kind: VISTAs Management RoleFunding Sources

7. Range of Approaches  Physical “one stop” center  Deployed staffing model  NGO contracts with school districts  Center co-located with alternative school

8. Re-engagement Ecosystem Re-engagement portal – virtual or physical Social support services Physical, behavioral health services Alternative schools, adult education Training programs leading to postsecondary credential

9. Washington State Open Doors Youth Reengagement  Combines dropout outreach and assessment functions with alternative education at one site  Began with three pilots; 19 additional programs  GRAVITY High School - Regional school district, consortium model GRAVITY High School  iGRAD - partnership between Kent School District and Green River Community College – shopping mall iGRAD  Expanded Gateway to College program at Lake Washington Institute of TechnologyGateway to College

10. Online “Drop In” Campaigns: Now in Denver, Boulder, & Aurora, Colorado

11. Measuring effectiveness and impact: common indicators  Credits earned once re- enrolled  Stick rate/ persistence (first year completion)  Graduation / GED completion  Initial contact/engagement  Race, ethnicity, gender  Child welfare system involvement ResultsProcess / Demographics

12. Aggregating Results: Reengagement in 13 U.S. Cities, School Years 2012-2013 Initial outreach: 41,000 Referral to re-enrollment opportunity: 10,000 Confirmed re-enrollments: 6,000 “Stick rate” / persistence: 73%

13. Los Angeles Unified School District Pupil Services City Partnership

14. Dropout: A National Problem 1.2 million students did not graduate from high school in 2011 lost lifetime earnings for that class of dropouts alone total $154 billion 1 1 in 10 U.S. high schools is a dropout factory 2 1 Alliance for Excellent Education, The High Cost of High School Dropouts (2011) 2 Balfanz and Legters (2004)

15. 18,529 Students in the Class of 2011 and 2012 that dropped out of school 31,727 Students have missed more than 10 days of school since the beginning of the school year 13,794 Homeless Students 8,278 Foster Youth Our Students

16. Dropouts by Ethnicity 2010-20112011-2012 Race/Ethnicity Cohort Students Cohort Dropouts Cohort Dropouts Rate Cohort Students Cohort Dropouts Cohort Dropouts Rate Hispanic or Latino of Any Race 31,7177,51323.7 32,0476,44020.1 American Indian or Alaska Native, Not Hispanic 2265624.8 1784123 Asian, Not Hispanic 1,7861749.7 1,6761468.7 Pacific Islander, Not Hispanic 1503523.3 1863418.3 Filipino, Not Hispanic 1,139857.5 1,123847.5 African American, Not Hispanic 4,5621,21126.5 4,3291,07024.7 White, Not Hispanic 3,34157017.1 3,08865021 Two or More Races, Not Hispanic, Not Hispanic 261350 161275 Not Reported 1508657.3 45527159.6

17. Annual Dropouts by Grade Grade 7 Grade 8Grade 9Grade 10 Grade 11Grade 12 2011-20124993932,5163,0792,7474,113 2010-20114013773,0032,9903,0723,533

18. City of Los Angeles 100, 000 Youth between the ages of 16-24 Out of school and Out of work 1 in 5

19. Finding a solution City of Los Angeles sought collaboration with Pupil Services Dropout Recovery Efforts Los Angeles EWDD realigned Workforce Investment Funds to serve as a dropout recovery model New formula required agencies to serve 70% out of school youth and 30% in school youth. Released RFP that included the placement of an LAUSD PSA Counselor at every site

20. Workforce Innovation Fund City was awarded $12 million to develop a Dropout Recovery and Career Pathways model ▫Los Angeles Reconnections Career Academy Addition of 3 PSA Counselors Targets students age 16-24 Career Pathways ▫Health Care ▫Green Technology ▫Construction