"Athletics is the greatest dropout prevention that we have," said Sullivan.

All of the candidates talk about the need to improve education, and some stress investing heavily in dropout prevention.

Description: Communities in Schools is the nation's largest dropout prevention organization.

Second, the formal research that's been conducted simply doesn't find very strong effects of things that are called dropout prevention.

The funds can be used for dropout prevention, family engagement, tutoring, extending learning services, health care and social support.

Here are five prominent organizations that help young people, with programs ranging from dropout prevention to conflict mediation.

In 1982, West Virginia assembled a statewide task force on dropout prevention.

Other areas of interest include dropout prevention, prerequisite learning skills, behavioral issues, and student personalization.

And one of the things we must invest heavily in is dropout prevention.

When fully funded, these three programs will add $261 million a year to existing dropout prevention and college assistance programs.