School Reform & Dropout Prevention: Policy Information

A Dropout Crisis for Girls

Policy Information

The National Women's Law Center is committed to improving women's education and ensuring equal access to all educational opportunities. By getting new laws on the books and offering recommendations to proposed legislation, the Center is working to ensure that the federal government addresses the dropout crisis and enacts public policy to guarantee gender equality in education.

• A Platform for Progress: Improving Women's Education. Proposals to the federal government to address critical problems facing women in education. (August 2008)
• Letter to Zollie Stevenson, U.S. Department of Education. Comments to the Department of Education regarding proposed amendments to the regulations implementing the No Child Left Behind Act. (June 23, 2008)
• Letter to Chairman Kennedy, Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions. Proposals and comments on the No Child Left Behind Act. (January 25, 2008)
• Letter to Chairman Miller, House Committee on Education. Recommendations on the discussion drafts of the No Child Left Behind Act released by the Committee on Education. (January 23, 2008)
• Letter to Senators Kennedy and Enzi. Comments on the draft of the reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act. (November 20, 2007)
• How to Keep Girls in School: Recommendations to Address the Dropout Crisis. Recommendations to federal and state policymakers, educators, and advocates, to address the dropout crisis among girls. (October 2007)
• Letter to Representatives Miller, Kildee, McKeon, and Castle. Comments on the discussion drafts of the No Child Left Behind Act released by the House Committee on Education. (September 14, 2007)