On Bridging the "Opportunity Gap": Attack the dropout crisis
State Senator and CDRP Policy Committee Member Darrell Steinberg OpEd
San Francisco Chronicle
July 21, 2008

CA High School Dropout Rate discussion
Featured guests: Russell Rumberger and Jack O'Connell
KQED radio
July 18, 2008

Statement by Russell Rumberger (PDF), Director, California Dropout Research Project, on New Dropout Figures Released by the California Department of Education on July 16, 2008

"Middle school critical to students' success in high school"
San Jose Mercury News, OpEd by Russell Rumberger
June 26, 2008

"Graduation rates declining in L.A. Unified despite higher enrollment, study finds"
Los Angeles Times (references CDRP Policy Brief #14)
June 21, 2008

Project Aims to Tackle Dropout Problem, California-Style (PDF, 582 KB)
Feature article about the California Dropout Research Project
Education Week
April 28, 2008

1 in 4 not making it through high school
Modesto Bee (references CDRP reports)
March 9, 2008

Selection of Television Clips
reporting on CDRP Statistical Briefs #7 and #8 and "Solving California's Dropout Crisis"
February 21 and 28, 2008

"Retooling Schooling: Who Gets to Graduate?" (Video Clip)   |   More on "Retooling Schooling"
(CDRP Director Russell Rumberger speaks at San Francisco's Commonwealth Club)
February 14, 2008

Study: Dropouts Cost State $46.4 Billion
University of California, Santa Barbara, "93106" Vol. 18, No. 3
October 8, 2007

CDRP Studies Show Dropout Crisis Costs California $46.4 Billion Per Graduating Class: Landmark Studies Also Find Proven Interventions Will Have Long-Term Economic and Social Benefits
Market Watch
August 22, 2007

"The Economic Losses from High School Dropouts in California" is our site of the day
California Progress Report
August 22, 2007

California High School Dropouts Cost State $46.4 Billion Annually
University of California, Santa Barbara
August 22, 2007

The California Dropout Research Project releases the first-ever studies of the economic impact of the state’s dropout crisis
Gevirtz Graduate School of Education (UC Santa Barbara)
August 22, 2007

Professor Henry Levin (Columbia University), presents findings from first two CDRP Policy Briefs to the California Senate Select Committee on High School Graduation
August 22, 2007

CDRP Studies Economic Impact of Dropouts (PDF)
CDRP Press Release
August 22, 2007

New California center to study dropout issue, then press for solutions.
Also available en espanol
Graduation for All Newsletter
August, 2007

Russell W. Rumberger: "Seeking solutions to dropout crisis"
Sacramento Bee OpEd
July 12, 2007

Rumberger presents an overview of CDRP to the California State Board of Education
July 11, 2007

High School Graduation Rates
audio forum features California Senator Darrell Steinberg and CDRP Director Russell Rumberger; examines California high school graduation rates: what do the numbers tell us, and what are some of the factors keeping students from completing high school?
KQED public radio
June 8, 2007

"Universities Get Schooled by Rising Dropout Rates"
UC Santa Barbara, Daily Nexus
May 29, 2007

Russell Rumberger's presentation at the National Dropout Summit (begins at 2:30:00)
American Perspectives, C-SPan online
May 26, 2007

Dropout Project featured on Capital Public Radio's Morning Edition
Also on: KPBS/San Diego
May 7, 2007

News Release announcing launch of California Dropout Research Project (PDF)
May 1, 2007

Presentation to Urban Education Dialog (California Urban Superintendents network)
San Diego, CA
March 30, 2007

First meeting of the CDRP Policy Committee
Sacramento, CA
March 15, 2007

Senate Select Committee on High School Graduation presentation
March 14, 2007

"Preventing High School Dropout"
National High School Center, Webinar
December 13, 2006