America's Youth in Crisis: Panel 1
Channel: Center for Strategic & International Studies
Date: 2013-06-19

Please join the Center for Strategic and International Studies and the National Guard Youth Foundation on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program for a discussion with national experts on disengaged adolescents and the high school dropout crisis. This conference will also examine the evidence-based practices that lead adolescents back to mainstream society.
9:00 a.m. Opening Remarks
Former U.S. Sen. William Brock
CSIS Counselor and Trustee
U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu -- Keynote Speaker
9:30 a.m. Panel 1: What Leads Adolescents to Disengage and Drop Out of School: The Nature and Impact of the Problem 
Featured Participants:
Hugh B. Price
Former President and CEO, National Urban League
Dr. Robert Balfanz
Co-Director, Everyone Graduates Center and Research Scientist, Center for Social Organization of Schools, Johns Hopkins University
Ryan Reyna
Program director, Education Division, National Governors Association
Dr. Jonathan F. Zaff
Ph.D., Center for Promise and Vice President, Research & Policy Development, America's Promise Alliance