The Last Dropout: A Model for Creating Educational Equity

Since 1977, Communities In Schools (CIS) has reached more than one million students and their families annually approximately 3, American schools, surrounding them with a community of support and empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life.In The Last Dropout, CIS founder Bill Milliken offers nine key principles that Communities In Schools has tested over four decades. Interwoven are his real-world life stories, a journey that began in the turbulent 196s as a youth worker and evol...