A Rural Roundtable Discussion
Staying in School, Preparing for Life
Dropout Prevention in North Carolina's Rural Communities
June 6, 2008
North Carolina falls in the bottom 10 states for the percentage of students graduating from high school. Each year, some 23,550 students drop out of the state's schools — the equivalent of three busloads every school day — hamstringing their futures and the state's economic potential. On June 6, state leaders came together to discuss how to curb dropouts in rural areas, where resources are already stretched thin.
- Handouts from the discussion
- Agenda
- About the Speakers
- State Entities Involved in Dropout Prevention/Intervention
- "But What Can I Do?"
- Education Pays, graph
- Rural vs. Urban Educational Attainment, graph
- Graduation Rate 2007, map
- Rural and Urban Counties, map
- Rural Center contact:
- Anne Scharff Bacon, Senior Director, Workforce Development Office
N.C. Rural Economic Development Center
4021 Carya Drive
Raleigh, NC 27610
Telephone: 919-250-4314
Fax: 919-250-4325