Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Robert Balfanz : Educational Dropout predictor

I saw a piece on PBS FRONTLINE about the work of Robert Balfanz a researcher at the Center of Social Organization of Schools at Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Balfanz has done a lot of work on predicting when kids will drop out of higher.

Like us, here at the Evil Black Economist  Blog, he believes middle school is the key place for determining a kids life trajectory.

Here is a a long term study of Dropout Trends in the Philadelphia School System.

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