Education
Rockwell Fund will provide grants in support of
dropout prevention strategies that target the intermediate and
middle school years.
There is a growing body of research that shows that students who
drop out of high school actually begin the process as early as
sixth grade (in the words of one expert, "they drop out in middle
school; they just don't leave until high school"). We believe that
investing in quality interventions at this level will result in
improved educational and developmental outcomes for at-risk, middle
school youth.
We will support organizations that pursue at least one of the
following dropout prevention models at a systems level, rather than
interventions limited to only one school or setting:
- Professional development for teachers
- School-community collaboration
- Career and technical education
- Teen pregnancy prevention
Students at a
Communities in Schools program participate in a problem-solving
exercise.
Current Grantees
