Suzanne Morse Moomaw | Charlottesville, VA | E-mail | Website
This project of the Pew Partnership for Civic Change launched a wiki dedicated to sharing information and ideas for countering the nationwide high school drop-out crisis. At its launch, one-third of U.S. high school seniors, or about 500,000 students, didn’t graduate on time. Initial content came from the Pew Partnership then from civic and religious groups, parents, teachers, citizens and policy makers solicited to join a dialogue about reversing the drop-out rate.
Project Updates
- Crossing the Finish Line to Graduation (October, 2008) - In April, 2008, Suzanne Morse of the Pew Partnership for Civil Change had a meeting with Dr. Rita Bishop, the new superintendent of Roanoke City Schools. Dr. Bishop didn’t know that Morse was the mover behind the Learning to Finish Wiki and the Finish Line Calculator. But in that meeting, the woman charged with improving […]
- Learning to Finish Launches Graduation Rate Calculator (November, 2007) - At the start of 2007 school year, Learning to Finish launched a new web tool that gives communities the opportunity to compare the graduation rate in their school district with their state average. Visitors to the site can select their state and school district from drop down menus and the Finish Line Calculator will produce […]
- Learning to Finish Launches Graduation Rate Calculator (September, 2007) - New Voices grantee Learning to Finish created a calculator that allows users to see projected graduation rates for individual school districts, states, and the United States as a whole. It measures the likelihood that a 9th grader will complete high school on time. Check out The Finish Line Calculator.
- Drop-out Wiki Tries to Entice More Interaction (April, 2007) - Just what percentage of students drop out of high school before they graduate in each state? And just what is a state’s “graduation rate”? And just how are these percentages calculated? There are several ways to come up with these numbers, as the Learning to Finish Wiki explains. This initiative by the Pew Partnership for […]
- Forty Wiki Articles, Discussion Guide Focus on Dropouts (November, 2006) - Since launching the Learning to Finish Wiki at the National Press Club on October 25, the Pew Partnership for Civic Change has concentrated on promoting the site and attracting users and contributors. With more than 40 articles on issues related to the school dropout problem in the U.S., the wiki provides plenty of original content, […]
- Learning to Finish Campaign Launches with Wiki (August, 2006) - The Learning to Finish project and wiki officially launched on Oct. 25 at a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. The wiki is one component of the Learning to Finish Campaign by the Pew Partnership for Civic Change. It hosts information on the high school drop-out problem and encourages the sharing […]
- Learning to Finish Campaign Launched (February, 2006) - Release from Pew-Partnership.org. Learning to Finish is a new campaign launched by the Pew Partnership for Civic Change in October 2006 that seeks to address the dropout problem in communities ready to meet this challenge as a community-wide concern. Two cities, Shreveport, LA and Jacksonville, FL, have demonstrated civic interest in dropout and literacy initiatives […]
