The Mayor’s Role in Dropout Prevention

Posted by on October 10, 2010

Please join us for the next radio webcast for:

Solutions to the Dropout Crisis

Tuesday, October 12, at 3:30 p.m.

Ed Lambert, Director of the Urban Initiative at U-Mass Dartmouth and former mayor of Fall River, Mass.
will present a program based upon his soon to be published monograph

Beyond the Bully Pulpit: The Mayor’s Role in Dropout Prevention.

* How can elected officials, in particular mayors, be engaged in dropout prevention?
* What can school officials and citizens do to engage their elected officials?

Dropout prevention is everyone’s responsibility. This webcast will focus on how communities can mobilize around a comprehensive dropout prevention planning process and how citizens and school leaders can engage their mayors and elected officials in the effort. We will also specifically analyze the value that an engaged mayor can add to the process, including taking the lead in creating a unified community value in support of higher educational attainment and increased graduation rates.

Tune in to http://www.dropoutprevention.org/webcast on the day of the broadcast.

Call 864-656-2580 or email ndpc@clemson.edu if you have any questions prior to the broadcast.

If you call in and ask a question on the program, you will be eligible for a free NDPC Publication, and your name will be in the hat for a FREE conference registration for the 2011 National Dropout Prevention Network Conference in Chicago!