Web Resources for Those Who Want to Help Someone Stay in School

Who Are Today's School Dropouts?
Education World
(http://www.education-world.com/a_admin/admin026.shtml)

School dropout prevention: Information and strategies for parents (PDF, 25 KB)
Leslie F. Hale
Downloaded from: http://www.naspcenter.org/ adol_sdpp.html (Site currently unavailable).

Information and Research on Dropouts and Dropout Prevention Strategies
U.S. Department of Education
http://www.ed.gov/programs/dropout/dropoutprogram.html

The Family Education Network provides the information and resources parents need to actively participate in their children's education. Parenting articles, educational activities, and links to ready-reference databases. Parents may ask questions and experts will reply.

Taking the measure of a school
John Merrow, The New York Times (Registration Required)
(http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/13/edlife/13END.html? ex=1012034994&ei=1&en=ac411330ab614db2)
In this simple and clear article, John Merrow poses ten questions every parent should ask about their schools.

Questions parents ask about schools
U.S. Department of Education
(http://www.ed.gov/parents/academic/help/questions/index.html)
This report (available in HTML and PDF formats) provides tips on how parents can help their children do well in school.

The Partership for Family Involvement in Education offered resources, ideas, funding and conferences relevant to family involvement in education. This program, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, is no longer active.

The Tempe, Arizona, Public Library's Parenting Page provides links to a variety of helpful sites.