News & Related Links
Shearwater News & Media
Arch City Chronicle
Shearwater to Start on Ranken Campus
KSDK
New St. Louis Charter Schools have different missions
St. Louis American
Ranken Announces partnership with new Charter High School
St. Louis Beacon
Shearwater wants to prepare students for college, work
Rise and shine: Shearwater High hopes to give homeless and other troubled teens a second chance
St. Louis Post Dispatch
Shearwater charter school opens; St. Louis banks on crop of new schools
Ranken Tech will house charter school
New charter school for dropouts goes to state for approval
Help stop the dropout epidemic in St. Louis
Her past leads push for school for homeless
Charting a New Course in Education
Student Life - Washington University
Unique school gives young adults a second chance
Suburban Journals
Charter school seeks to improve youths' life journeys
Riverfront Times
Shearwater High School Finally Set to Open in August
Class Conscious: St. Louis educators are desperately seeking ways to get kids back in school
Inspire St. Louis, Episode 1: Stephanie Krauss
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Additional News & Media
PR Newswire
First-Ever Gallup Student Poll Shows That One-Third of America's Young People Are Struggling or Suffering
CNN
'High school dropout crisis' continues in U.S., study says
The New York Times
The Neediest Are Not the M.B.A.’s
Bringing Potential Dropouts Back From the Brink
Wall Street Journal
The High School Dropout's Economic Ripple Effect
U.S. News & World Report
School Bailout: Student Dropouts Are the Next Big Failing Financial Assets
Washington Post
Nearly 9% of Class of '08 Dropped Out in Virginia: Armed With Precise Data, Educators Vow Action
Related Links
- Association for High School Innovation
- Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Dropout Prevention Site
- National High School Center
- American Youth Policy Forum
- NLC – Reengaging Disconnected Youth
- National Dropout Prevention Center
- EduWonk
- The Big Picture Learning Company
- America's Promise Alliance
- St. Louis City's Graduation Rates
National
Graduating America: Meeting the Challenge of Low Graduation-Rate High Schools
Kids Count Brief on High School Dropout
Grad Nation: A Guidebook to Help Communities Tackle the Dropout Crisis
Whatever It Takes: How Twelve Communities Are Reconnecting Out-of-School Youth
Dropout Risk Factors and Exemplary Programs
State & Local
Missouri State Card on Graduation
Missouri Diploma Counts report
Missouri Strategic Plan on Dropout Prevention
Public Schools in St. Louis: Place, Performance, and Promise