My public school teachers knew I was smart, but they just couldn’t keep me from getting into trouble
Videos
Refusing to Fail
www.thinkschools.org/connectedby25/
The newest production from Connected by 25 provides a human face to Portland’s dropout crisis. Behind all the daunting statistics there are real human beings – meet Gabe, Ameila, and Luis.
Unseen
A student produced film with interviews of young people across Portland Public Schools about home, school and their future.
Disconnected
A story of six young people and their experiences in the education and social service systems.
Downloads
Click Below to download and read PDF versions of our current papers:
Evening Scholars Program helps students graduate on time
Connected by 25: Leadership Forum Proceedings: May 17, 2007
Connected by 25: Real Results for Young Portlanders
The Fourth R: New Research Shows Which Academic Indicators Are the Best Predictors of High School Graduation
Mary Beth Celio, Northwest Decision Resources
Lois Leveen, PHD
New Growth in Stumptown: Young Portlanders Face Twenty-First Century Challenges
Sharon Bernstein, M.A.
Lois Leveen, Ph.D.
John Tapogna, Managing Director, ECONorthwest
Technical Report on Data Collection, Analysis, and Findings for the Portland Public Schools Class of 2004
Mary Beth Celio, Senior Researcher, Northwest Decision Resources