The last dropout : stop the epidemic! / Bill Milliken
Publication details: California : Hay House, c2007, Description: xix, 241 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN: 9781401919030Subject(s): Community and school -- United States | Drop-outs -- United States -- PreventionDDC classification: 373.12913 MIL| Item type | Current library | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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English Lending
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Villa College QI Campus | Villa College Library | 373.12913 MIL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 1654 |
Contents:
What Is Communities In Schools?
Foreword by President and Mrs. Jimmy Carter
Introduction: Dropout Nation
PART I: It All Starts with Relationships
Chapter 1: Programs Don't Change Kids Relationships Do 3
Chapter 2: Why the Dropout Crisis Is Not Just an Education Issue
Chapter 3: Before the Three R's The Real Basics
PART II: In Search of Community
Chapter 4: Bureaucratic, Fragmented, and Duplicative or Personal, Accountable, and Coordinated?
Chapter 5: The "Magic Eyes" of a Champion for Children
Chapter 6: The Third Side of the Triangle
PART III: From Charity to Change
Chapter 7: A New Way of Thinking About Schools
Chapter 8: Going to Scale the Evidence Is In
Chapter 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
Includes bibliographical references.
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