Prevention and intervention
California Dropout Research Project, Gervitz Graduate School of Education, UC Santa Barbara.
ConnectEd: The California Center for College and Careers
Grad Nation: A Guidebook to Help Communities Tackle the Dropout Crisis 
, by Robert Balfanz and Joanna Hornig Fox, Everyone Graduates Center; John M. Bridgeland, Mary McNaught, Civic Enterprises; commissioned by America’s Promise Alliance, November 2008.
Dropout Prevention: A Practice Guide (NCEE 2008–4025) , by M. Dynarski, L. Clarke, B. Cobb, J. Finn, R. Rumberger, and J. Smink, Washington, DC: National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education, September 2008.
“How to End the Dropout Crisis: Proven strategies for keeping kids in school,” by Roberta Furger, Edutopia, December 2008/January 2009.
Identifying Potential Dropouts: Key Lessons for Building an Early Warning Data System , by Craig Jerald. A joint project of Achieve and Jobs for the Future, June 2006.
Paving the Way for Success in High School and Beyond: The Importance of Preparing Middle School Students for the Transition to Ninth Grade ,
by Jean Baldwin Grossman and Siobhan M. Cooney. Public/Private Ventures, 2009.
“Recognizing Children's Successes in All Areas May Prevent Teenage Depression,” University of Missouri-Columbia, ScienceDaily, 11 January 2009.
The Graduation Gap, Center for Social Organization of Schools, Johns Hopkins University.
The Silent Epidemic: Perspectives of High School Dropouts , by John M. Bridgeland, John J. DiIulio, Jr. and Karen Burke Morison, Civic Enterprises, March 2006.
What your Community Can Do to End its Dropout Crisis: Learnings from Research and Practice , by Robert Balfanz, Center for Social Organization of School, Johns Hopkins University, May 9, 2007.
Attendance
Present, Engaged, and Accounted For: The Critical Importance of Addressing Chronic Absence in the Early Grades, by Hedy N. Chang and Mariajosé Romero, National Center for Children in Poverty, Columbia University, New York, September 2008.
Strengthening Schools by Strengthening Families: Community Strategies to Reverse Chronic Absenteeism in the Early Grades and Improve Supports for Children and Families , by Kim Nauer, Andrew White and Rajeev Yerneni, The New School, The Center for New York City Affairs, October 2008.
Recovery
Reenrollment of High School Dropouts in a Large, Urban School District, by BethAnn Berliner et al, WestEd, 2008 See also the 2-page synopsis, What Happens to High School Dropouts Who Reenroll? This study follows a cohort of first-time 9th graders in San Bernardino, CA, from 2001/02 to 2005/06 and documents dropout, reenrollment, and graduation rates.
