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Thursday, March 1, 2007
Perdue: Grad Coaches ‘Leading the Nation’
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Gov. Sonny Perdue was in Washington, D.C., earlier this week talking up his program to put graduation coaches in every public high school and middle school.
According to a press release about the National Governors Association meeting, Perdue told his fellow governors: “Our high school graduation coaches are leading the nation in identifying students at risk of dropping out of school … .”
Policy experts at the Southern Regional Education Board have told me Perdue’s idea is unique, definitely something other states should consider.
During the fall election, the governor’s campaign ran TV commercials touting the success of the dropout prevention plan, which had begun in the state’s high schools just a few months earlier. Now, without even a full school year or graduating class to evaluate, the program already is “leading the nation.”
I’m always looking for a good success story to write, so tell me: Is this an education miracle in the making?
