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Re-engaging High School Dropouts: A Workforce and Economic Development
Strategy for Pennsylvania and Delaware County
Bill BartleYouth Policy Director
Pennsylvania Partnerships for Childrenwww.papartnerships.orgwww.operationrestart.org
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• Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children (PPC) is a strong, effective and trusted voice for improving the health, education and well-being of children and youth in the Commonwealth.
• PPC is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, research-based child advocacy organization that receives no government funding.
Who We Are
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Our Vision
• The vision of PPC is that by 2014 it has helped PA move into position as one of the top 10 states in the nation to be a child and to raise a child.
• Pennsylvania currently is ranked 23rd in a state-by-state study on the well-being of America’s children by the Annie E. Casey Foundation.
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• All children have access to health care that assures their healthy development.
• All children and youth are raised in loving and knowledgeable families free from abuse and neglect.
• All children enter school ready to learn. • All children have access to effective after-school and youth
development programs. • All children have access to high-quality public education
through post-secondary completion.
Our Agenda
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Dropouts are an Issue for Pennsylvania
• Last year more than 34,000 young people – 190 students every school day – do not make it to graduation with their class
• In PA there are nearly 110,000 16-24 year olds who have dropped out of school – Delaware County – 3,853
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Dropouts Earn Less
$46,729
$34,100
$28,500
$21,358
0 10,000 20,000 30,000 40,000 50,000
Bachelor's
Somecollege
HS grad
< HighSchool
Median Annual Earnings by Education Attainment in PA (age 25-64)
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Dropouts are More Likely to be Unemployed
2.8
4.4
5.6
10
0 5 10 15
Bachelor's
SomeCollege
HS grad
<HighSchool
Unemployment Rate by Educational Attainment in PA (percentage for persons 25-64)
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Dropouts are More Likely to Live in Poverty
3.8
8.4
12.3
30.1
0 10 20 30 40
Bachelor's
SomeCollege
HS grad
<HighSchool
Poverty Rate by Educational Attainment in PA (percentage for persons age 25-64)
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Dropouts Impact Our Communities
-5000 0 5000 10000 15000 20000
Bachelor's
SomeCollege
HS grad
<HighSchool (-$683)
$6,067
$9,485
$16,962
Mean Net Fiscal Contribution by Educational Attainment in PA
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Operation Restart Campaign
• Built upon work already going on around dropouts– PA Youth in Transition/RCEPS– Project U-Turn– PA Dropout Summit Planning Committee– WIB Committee for the Workforce of Tomorrow
• Convened statewide stakeholders• Developed Campaign Vision/Goal Statement
– Ensure all Pennsylvania young people (to age 25) who lack a secondary credential have access to high-quality educational options that lead to a high school diploma or GED and postsecondary and/or industry credentials preparing them for a career with a self/family-sustaining wage.
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Setting the Public Policy Agenda
State-Level Agenda• Convene cross-departmental workgroup to analyze data
and develop state re-engagement strategy• Measure and report dropout and re-engagement data
Local Partnerships• Develop/sustain local collaboratives, supported with state
and federal funds, to analyze local dropout populations and create strategy to improve educational attainment
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Setting the Public Policy Agenda
Education Models• Dedicate funding for small, recovery-focused high
schools/charter schools• Create incentives for school districts and career and
technical schools to re-engage dropouts• Support ABLE programs to incorporate transitions to
postsecondary• Incentivize evidence-based targeted strategies for at-risk
populations• Increase opportunities for re-engaging dropouts to
participate in dual enrollment
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Setting the Public Policy Agenda
Education Models (continued)• Assure re-engagement options are rigorous and
participants demonstrate proficiency of state standards
• Provide competency-based secondary and postsecondary credits when appropriate
• Assure college affordability policies include funding for re-engaging high school dropouts
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Setting the Public Policy Agenda
Support Services• Establish local dropout re-engagement centers to
provide assessment, counseling and referral services
• Authorize tax credits for employers who provide part-time employment for re-engaging young people
• Designate local or regional governmental offices to coordinate support services
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• Build Public Will– Mobilize individuals and organizations in support of
public policy agenda and to build demand– Strategically communicate to increase awareness
• Engage Policymakers– Gubernatorial strategy– Transition to new Administration strategy– Legislative strategy in geo-political target areas/key
committee leadership– Connect partners and grasstops and grassroots
leaders to their local policymakers
Operation Restart Advancing the Work
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How You Can Help
• Advocate to make dropout re-engagement a priority in your community and in the Commonwealth– Contact local policymakers, gubernatorial campaigns, transition
teams, new Administration– Write a letter-to-the-editor in support of Operation Restart– Advocacy Toolkit is available on the Operation Restart website –
www.operationrestart.org• Tell us about successful re-engagement programs in your
area• Continue the discussion in your area to develop strategy• Join the Operation Restart campaign
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For Additional Information orTo Get Involved in Operation Restart
Contact:
Bill Bartle
Youth Policy Director
Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children
717-236-5680
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www.operationrestart.org