Early warning system supports students' success
Region: United States
More than one million students in the United States fail to graduate from high school each year.1 Yet recent research shows that certain indicators — attendance, behavior and grades in math and English language arts — can reveal a student’s risk for failing to complete high school. In some of the lowest-income neighborhoods in New York City, FHI 360’s Partnership Support Organization (PSO) is working with schools to create early warning systems using these key indicators. Dedicated PSO staff coach school principals on making smart use of data, understanding how child and adolescent development affects learning, creating small learning communities, and building parental engagement and support so students can thrive in and out of the classroom. While most of the 22 PSO schools are public middle schools, the PSO expanded in 2012 to elementary and high schools to meet the demand for quality services and now reaches more than 8,700 students.
1Education Week.
Funder: New York City Department of Education
