Reframing the Dropout Crisis Through Narratives

DROPOUT CRISIS • SCHOOL TO PRISON PIPELINE • RETHINKING HIGHSCHOOL

Problem

1.2 million young people in the United States drop out of high school every year

Data


3.5M

students were suspended from school in the 2011-2012 school year

18M

days of instruction lost due to suspension, or expulsion

1 in 5

high school freshmen fail to graduate from high school on time

2,000

high school students drop out a day

Solution

Through community-level engagement, the Brave New Schools competition in collaboration with XQ Institute infused national narratives by shaping our educational environments to center the stories of young people impacted by the dropout crisis and uncover the missing narratives to #RethinkHighSchool.

Stories

Brave New Schools facilitated youth-led, poetry centered town halls in 20 cities across the U.S. to shift the narrative around the dropout crisis.