21st Century Education Initiative - "You Should Care..."

At the end of a gravel highway in northeastern Montana, graduating seniors in Bainville are asking similar questions about their future. Should they get an education and pursue their interests?

Even college professors still have things to learn.

Schools could save $250 per student each year by making the move to digital texts, according to the Federal Communications Commission, and the interactive e-books can be updated continuously instead of being replaced.

In the past several years, school test scores have increased steadily, even in years when state scores declined

If you think it’s tough being a kid these days, try being a kid with a parent in prison.

I can’t help smiling when I think of a 3rd grader informing her parents that they were not focusing on the problem, but only on the person. From this we concluded that it’s never too early to teach leadership skills.

"It’s a great way to encourage students to have college credit, which allows them to accelerate through college," said Christopher Mullin, program director for policy analysis at the American Association of Community Colleges. "Plus, it is a way for students to get exposed to a college environment if parents hadn’t attended college."

A whole new class of specialized technology is emerging that not only can make up for campuses’ limited resources, but can spark student engagement.

The state of the world’s knowledge about education to employment is akin to that regarding school-system reform a dozen years ago, prior to groundbreaking international assessments and related research. We hope this report helps fill this knowledge gap.

Beyond the Numbers investigates three programs with a proven record of success with the disconnected youth population and catalogues their elements of success in data collection and use to effectively engage this population.