President Obama speaks about Communities In Schools in "Education In Focus" Kickoff at White House
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“As my Education Secretary, Arne Duncan, says, our kids get only one chance at an education, and we need to get it right. Of course, getting it right requires more than just transforming our lowest performing schools. It requires giving students who are behind in school a chance to catch up and a path to a diploma. It requires focusing on students, from middle school through high school, who face factors at home, in the neighborhood, or in school that put them at risk of dropping out. And it requires replicating innovative ideas that make class feel engaging and relevant -- because most high school dropouts in a recent study said the reason they dropped out was that they weren't interested in class and they weren't motivated to do their work.
So that's why we'll build on the efforts of places like Communities in Schools that make sure kids who are at risk of dropping out have one-on-one support.”
Thank you President Obama for acknowledging all of the hard work the dedicated Communities In Schools team does across this country in the interest of helping kids stay in school and prepare for life.
Thank you again for supporting Communities In Schools of New Jersey's First Annual {mentored} National Mentoring Month Celebration! Click below to visit our "Official" Thank You Website.
Arne Duncan,U.S. Secretary of Education cites Communities In Schools as an "...example of a national program that works."
 "Let me cite one final example of a national program that works, which I came to know well in Chicago. Communities In Schools, known as CIS, runs the nation's largest dropout prevention program, each year providing about two million students an array of integrated support services. In Chicago, CIS provides services to 64,000 students at 152 public schools, and it tripled in size in Chicago over the last decade. A third of the students in Chicago, 22,000 in all, went through conflict management, anger management, gang prevention, and bullying prevention programs last year." Read More
Susan L. Tayl or and the National Cares Movement join forces with Communities In Schools of New Jersey
Newark, NJ - Essence Magazine Editor Emeritus Susan L. Taylor visited Newark's NJPAC for an intimate evening of discussion and inspiration. Baraka Sele and Susan L. Taylor discussed mentoring and the National Cares Mentoring Movement at the inaugural Alternate Routes Legacies and Legends discussion series.
Communities In Schools of New Jersey Mentoring Success Center was announced as one of the first New Jersey based partners of the newly launched Newark Cares (Local Affiliate of National Cares).
Top: Communities In Schools of New Jersey's Mentoring Success Center Coordinator Lynda Lloyd shares a moment with guest of honor Susan L. Taylor.
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