{"product_id":"the-last-dropout-a-model-for-creating-educational-equity-9781401971403","title":"The Last Dropout: A Model for Creating Educational Equity","description":"A revised and updated edition of an exploration into the foundational principles, impact, and real-life success stories from Communities In Schools. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSince 1977, Communities In Schools (CIS) has reached more than one million students and their families annually approximately 3,000 American schools, surrounding them with a community of support and empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Last Dropout\u003c\/i\u003e, CIS founder \u003cb\u003eBill Milliken\u003c\/b\u003e offers nine key principles that Communities In Schools has tested over four decades. Interwoven are his real-world life stories, a journey that began in the turbulent 1960s as a youth worker and evolved into a handful of groundbreaking Street Academies that became the CIS movement with a national network of hundreds of local affiliates. Milliken also shares transformative stories about how CIS leaders have adopted these principles in their own communities, with stunning results. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMilliken's guiding philosophy has been It is relationships, not programs, that change children, and it is a principle that has served as a beacon in the movement for educational equity and success.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hay House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/15\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781401971403\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288","brand":"Bill Milliken","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42389546664117,"sku":"9781401971403","price":15.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_3af9ec3b-5e41-4af0-9685-280939cf81bc.jpg?v=1663681996","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-last-dropout-a-model-for-creating-educational-equity-9781401971403","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}