While the high-school graduation rate is being celebrated at a record high, many school districts are grappling with a much different reality. Kids in struggling communities and socially isolated neighborhoods far too often follow a predictable pattern: They miss some school, get in some trouble, and soon find themselves failing courses. If they fail too […]
Author Archives: Robert Balfanz
Robert Balfanz is a research professor at the Center for the Social Organization of Schools at Johns Hopkins University School of Education, and the co-founder of Diplomas Now.