The California Mayors’ Education Roundtable is currently focused on the issue of dropouts.

• "Building System Capacity for Improving High School Graduation Rates in California" - California Dropout Research Project (CDRP)
  
  
• Download Solving California’s Dropout Crisis, California Dropout Research Project (CDRP), Policy Committee Report, February 2008
  
  
• Download Education Week article, "Project Aims to Tackle Dropout Problem, California-Style"
  April 30, 2008
  
  

POLICY BRIEFS:

• The Economic Losses from High School Dropouts in California
  
  
• The Return on Investment for Improving California's High School Graduation Rate
  
  
• Student and School Predictors of High School Graduation in California
  
  
• Giving a Student Voice to California's Dropout Crisis
  
  
• California High Schools That Beat the Odds in High School Graduation
  
  

STATISTICAL BRIEFS:  

• Early Predictors of High School Graduation and Dropout 
  
  
• Why Students Drop Out of High School: Comparisons from Three National Surveys
  
  

RELATED REPORTS: 

• ORGANIZED COMMUNITIES, STRONGER SCHOOLS: A Preview of Research FindingsBy Kavitha Mediratta, Seema Shah, Sara McAlister, Norm Fruchter, Christina Mokhtar, Dana LockwoodAnnenberg Institute for School Reform, March 2008