Non-BDYM Blog Post: Alternative ABC's (Attendance, Behavior, & Course Performance)

NOTE: This is not actually a BDYM blog post, but there is some really neat information and ideas by Karen Pittman of Forum for Youth Investment.  I share her ideas here.

Alternative ABCs By Karen Pittman, President and CEO of the Forum for Youth Investment Attendance. Behavior. Course performance.  Those are three types of data that all schools have in abundance; three indicators so predictive of school failure that the Everyone Graduates Center at Johns Hopkins University urges that all schools use this ABC data to establish "early warning systems," which monitor individual student data and trigger mandatory reviews of students who reach red flag levels.

Are Better Days Ahead for Our Youth in Detroit?

As a group, we often wonder whether today's children will experience a better tomorrow than we are today.  Most of the time, it seems like we enjoy a better life than our parents did.

Are better days ahead for our youth in Detroit?

The real answer is...I do not know.  My crystal ball has a lot of static, and I do not see that changing anytime soon.

However, I have some guesses...and THAT answer is...Yes...and No.