TURNAROUND SUMMIT II:  Building the Next Generation of High Schools

 

On June 15, Detroit Public Television aired an important one-hour special focusing on the United Way’s high school turnaround conference. DPTV is now making the entire program available online and on demand. They recommend school leaders watch and forward to others who are connected to this cause.

The 2nd Annual Turnaround Summit hosted by United Way for Southeastern Michigan assessed the progress of their five-year initiative to transform five pilot program schools: CODY and OSBORN,  MELVINDALE, WARREN, and PONTIAC to raise graduation rates to more than 80 percent. At the start of the project, these schools had graduation rates of less than 60 percent..

Preparing more children to be successful adults is critical to the future vitality of our region, and United Way has made this an integral part of its mission. It starts with helping more kids graduate -- eliminating dropout factories.

The organization’s work is attracting national attention. In fact, U.S. Department of Education officials were in town recently, and they joined hundreds of community residents, parents and students at a summit highlighting the work at two of the high schools that United Way is in the midst of turning around.

View the special:  www.dptv.org/ondemand/special/turnaround.shtml