Virginia Family Impact Seminar #1
Truancy and Dropout Prevention Policies: Strategies for Virginia’s Youth
October 22, 2008
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Featured Speakers
Frank Somerville, Culpeper/Orange Juvenile and Domestic Relations Judge, Culpeper, Virginia
The Community Approach to Truancy
John Tyler, Associate Professor of Economics, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
Dropout Prevention Programs: What Research Has to Say About What Works
James Kemple, Director of K-12 Education Policy Area, MDRC, New York, New York
Challenges to Improving Low-performing High Schools
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