Welcome to the CDRP Press Room

Media Inquiries
Contact: George Yatchisin, GGSE Communications Coordinator
Office: (805) 893-5789
Email: [email protected]

About the California Dropout Research Project:

• The California Dropout Research Project (CDRP) was established in December 2006 to produce new and useful research to inform policymakers, educators and the general public about the nature of the dropout crisis in California and help the state develop a meaningful policy agenda to address the problem.
• To date the project has produced a series of 22 Research Reports and Policy Briefs addressing four facets of the issue: (1) the measurement and incidence of dropping out; (2) the educational, social, and economic costs of dropouts for individuals and the state; (3) the short-term and long-term causes of dropping out; and (4) possible solutions.
• It has also produced 24 Statistical Briefs that address more specific questions about the nature of the problem. In addition, the project's Policy Committee-composed of researchers, policymakers, and educators-issued a report on February 27, 2008 with a series of recommendations on what schools, districts, and the state should do to improve California's high school graduation rate.
• It has also produced 44 City Dropout Profiles of the impact of dropouts for all major cities in the state.
• The 98 publications have been distributed in print to all superintendents and legislators in California and have been downloaded more than 110,000 times from the project website. The project has also generated media attention via 20 television clips on major California news channels, 30 articles and editorials in the state's major newspapers, and three op-ed articles.
• The project is directed by Russell W. Rumberger, Professor of Education, UC Santa Barbara.
• The project has received funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the James Irvine Foundation, the Walter S. Johnson Foundation, and the Stuart Foundation.
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General Information

• Email: [email protected]
• Voice messages: 805-893-2683

CDRP in the News

• Comprehensive list of media appearances and op-eds

Publications

• Guide to all of CDRP's publications

Past Events

• CDRP's representation in Sacramento and nationally

Press Releases:

• STUDY REVEALS LINK BETWEEN HEALTH AND HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS (March 17, 2010)
• NEW STUDY SHOWS DROPOUTS COST THE STATE $1 BILLION EACH YEAR IN JUVENILE CRIME (September 24, 2009)
• DROPOUT CRISIS CONTRIBUTES TO SUBSTANTIAL ECONOMIC LOSSES IN CALIFORNIA CITIES (April 9, 2009)
• MORE THAN ONE-THIRD OF CALIFORNIA'S DROPOUTS EVENTUALLY FINISH HIGH SCHOOL (September 11, 2008)
• NEW STUDY SHOWS THAT TEACHER-STUDENT RELATIONSHIPS MOTIVATE STUDENTS TO COMPLETE HIGH SCHOOL (March 19, 2008)
• CALIFORNIA DROPOUT RESEARCH PROJECT ISSUES BLUEPRINT TO SOLVE DROPOUT CRISIS (February 27, 2008)
• ONE HUNDRED CALIFORNIA HIGH SCHOOLS ACCOUNT FOR MORE THAN 40 PERCENT OF THE STATE'S DROPOUTS (February 21, 2008)
• DROPOUT CRISIS COSTS CALIFORNIA $46.4 BILLION PER GRADUATING CLASS (August 22, 2007)
• California Dropout Research Project Launched to Study and Develop Solutions to the State's High School Dropout Crisis (May 1, 2007)