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Boulder Valley urges Dropouts to Text to Connect
To convince high school dropouts to give education another chance, school districts first need to find them.
The Boulder Valley School District is one of three districts in the state partnering with Colorado Youth for a Change on a web-based pilot program, Drop In Colorado, that encourages dropouts and those who know them to make contact
Reaching out to dropouts
Andrea Garcia stood outside a duplex in the Swansea neighborhood, eyed a snarling pit bull and prayed this would be the day she'd get Cristina Reyes excited about school.» Read the full article
Brothers juggling, slipping out of school
Seventeen-year-old Osvaldo Rivas watched his 5-year-old brother, Miguel, read "Clifford the Big Red Dog" to himself in Spanish, then looked at the clock.» Read the full article
One girl's soap-opera "mess"
Monserrat Reyes was infuriated with her 15-year-old daughter, Cristina. The teenager had been lying to her about where she was, and the girl hadn't seen her little boy in three days.» Read the full article
Trying, failing to get teen to take wing
On a winter night in an unkempt apartment in Aurora, 19-year-old Darwin Espinoza was trying to keep his girlfriend, Karen Quijano, from losing hope.» Read the full article
Dropout Sleuths - Denver Post Multimedia Presentation
CYC on Colorado Public Radio - Cutting Dropout Rate Would Boost Economy
A new study calculates the tax and income benefits of halving the high school dropout rate in Denver and Colorado Springs. Ryan Warner speaks with Bob Wise, president of the Alliance for Excellent Education. Then Sean Bowditch discusses the challenges of cutting the dropout rate with Steve Dobo of Colorado Youth For A Change.» Read the full article
Boulder Valley schools boost dropout-prevention efforts
Johnny Fernandez hated seeing teens, year after year, give up on school and slip away to an uncertain future.» Read the full article
Once bustling 25th and Eliot has potential, needs more investment
The old Granada movie theatre has a new owner who plans to turn it into a single-family loft with retail space on the ground floor, according to one of the former property owners.» Read the full article
Colorado Youth for a Change Gets Students Back on Track
Mercedes Black Crow, a 20-year-old high school dropout with a young daughter, wants to get her diploma and eventually join the military. But it can be daunting for her and others to navigate the complicated, changing array of academic dropout programs, with their different admissions requirements, classroom hours, and paperwork.» Read the full article
Helping Dropouts Pick Up the Pieces
It's not that "staying in school" is a new idea. A quick Google search on the phrase gets 65 million hits. No one has a quick fix to the dropout crisis, but Colorado Youth for a Change, a Denver-based nonprofit, is making inroads. Kids are staying in school, returning to school, even going on to college.» Read the full article
Boulder Valley School District's Dropout Rate Dropping
The Boulder Valley School District's already-low dropout rate is inching closer to its goal of zero.» Read the full article
