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UW-Madison/Extension
Nancy Nicholas Hall
1300 Linden Drive
Madison WI 53706
Phone: 608-263-2353
Fax: 608-265-6048
Virginia Family Impact Seminar #1

Truancy and Dropout Prevention Policies: Strategies for Virginia's Youth

October 22, 2008

Download the Full Report (pdf)
Download the Executive Summary (pdf)

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

Additional Chapters/Materials

Virginia Commission on Youth Legislative Studies, by the Virginia Commission on Youth

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