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Volume 13, No. 1

Departments

Notebook editorial
Youth pushed aside
Letters
The Letters to the Editors
  • Stop disparity before it starts
  • More appreciation of a great teacher
  • Parent questions hostile treatment
Eye on special education
Breakthrough settlement will expand 'inclusion' in PA's classrooms Michael Churchill
Activism around the city
  • Two communities develop new high school designs
  • Student activists attend youth research camp
  • More 'opt out' from military recruiter lists
School snapshot
Who Ya Gonna Call?
News in brief
  • First 14 academies open, 35 more in the works
  • Juveniles regain right to school hearing
En español
Maestros: no hay suficientes recursos para ayudar a los estudiantes que empiezan a desinteresarse Clarisse Mesa

Escuelas abren... pero algunos no regresan Justin DiBerardinis y Steve Honeyman



On the outside, looking inJustin DiBerardinis and Steve Honeyman

Will new efforts stem the flow of dropouts?Paul Socolar

Determined teen mom: why didn't her credits add up?Ellen Lempereur

He found little purpose in school but decided to finishEllen Lempereur

Findings from interviews with out-of-school youth

Facts about Philadelphia's out-of-school youth (Adobe Reader required)

Teachers: Few resources for disengaged studentsClarisse Mesa

Taking preventative action in the sixth gradeDeborah Russell-Brown

Harsh punishment: a factor that pushes students out?Sheila Simmons

Youth from foster care face educational issuesBrian Armstead

Pregnant and parenting teens in schoolColleen McCauley-Brown

The cost of dropping out

Opinion: Money talks - young people walkSteve Honeyman

Opinion: Opening our eyes to a hidden epidemicShelly Yanoff

Other news & Features

Sound bites don't capture test score resultsPaul Socolar

Two papers comment on test score gains

Changes made: new regions, schools

The Notebook's Fall cartoonEric Joselyn

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