The last dropout : stop the epidemic!

Summary: The Last Dropout offers nine key principles that Communities In Schools has tested over three decades. Interwoven are the dramatic life stories of CIS founder Bill Milliken and his colleagues, a journey that began in the turbulent 1960s as youth workers with a spiritual mission struggled to turn around the lives of dropouts and addicts. It traces the evolution of the CIS movement from a handful of groundbreaking "Street Academies" to a national network of hundreds of local affiliates.

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ISBN: 9781401919030
ISBN: 1401919030
ISBN: 9781401919061
ISBN: 1401919065
Physical Description: print
xxix, 241 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Publisher: Carlsbad, Calif. : Hay House, ©2007.

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Includes bibliographical references.

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What is Communities in schools? -- Foreword / President and Mrs. Jimmy Carter -- Introduction : dropout nation -- pt. I. It all starts with relationships -- 1. Programs don't change kids, relationships do -- 2. Why the dropout crisis is not just an education issue -- 3. Before the three R's ... the real basics -- pt. II. In search of community -- 4. Bureaucratic, fragmented, and duplicative, or personal, accountable, and coordinated? -- 5. The "magic eyes" of a champion for children -- 6. The third side of the triangle -- pt. III. From charity to change -- 7. A new way of thinking about schools -- 8. Going to scale, the evidence is in -- 9. From awareness to advocacy to action, stop the epidemic! -- Appendix 1. Prepared for life ... CIS student success stories -- Appendix 2. Communities in schools, state and local locations -- Appendix 3. How to get involved -- Appendix 4. Research on asset-based approaches.