Get Involved
Get informed!
For an overview of the national Dropout Crisis and what can be done about it, download the GradNation Guidebook PDF (from America's Promise Alliance)
For the California view, download the Service Learning & Dropout Prevention PDF (created by Michelle Herczog, LA County Office of Education)
Get involved!
In your school:
Students can participate as individuals, groups or classes.
- For service learning project ideas, download Service Learning Ideas for YGEP PDF
- For social studies class ideas, download Civic Engagement.YGEP.H/SS PDF
In your community:
Consider organizing a local or regional summit to engage youth in the discussion of the causes, effects and potential solutions to the Dropout Crisis, especially in the 5 California cities with Dropout Prevention Summits (Oakland, Stockton, LA, Fresno and Santa Ana). Download the Fresno Youth Summit-YGEP PDF
In the research:
The California Dropout Research Project
www.lmri.ucsb.edu/dropouts
The California Dropout Research Project (CDRP), housed in the UC Santa Barbara
Gevirtz School of Education. The CDRP has, to date, produced 38 reports on
the full range of dropout issues, distilling information from hundreds of research
studies, and writing accompanying four page policy briefs for easy consumption.
All are worth reading.
Download the J.Hopkins.dropout.epidmic.PDF
Download the VOYCE Report. Dropout research from adults and youth, allies from Chicago.
In YGEP:
Register (Create an Account) on this website to receive updates, resources and opportunities to participate in this campaign at the local, regional and state levels.
