Project U-Turn

On average, 46 young people stop attending school every school day, that's seven every hour of every school day. And for each one of these youngsters, there are consequences — both economic and social — that they cannot even begin to understand now. Project U-Turn is a citywide campaign to focus public attention on Philadelphia's dropout crisis and to design strategies and leverage investments to resolve it. The U-Turn campaign is led by a citywide collaborative whose members include representatives of the School District, City agencies, foundations, youth-serving organizations, parents and young people themselves. The collaborative, which is managed by the Philadelphia Youth Network, was established by the Philadelphia Council on College and Career Success in 2004 to oversee funding from the Youth Transition Funders Group, a group of national and local philanthropies committed to improving educational opportunities for struggling students and out-of-school youth.

For more information, visit www.projectUturn.net.

Additional Resources and Downloads

 > The Tax and Transfer Fiscal Impacts of Dropping Out of High School in Philadelphia City and Suburbs

> The Lifetime Employment and Earnings Consequences of Dropping Out of High School in Philadelphia

> Unfulfilled Promise: The Dimensions and Characteristics of Philadelphia's Drop-out Crisis, 2000-2005

> Turning it Around: A Collective Effort to Understand and Resolve Philadelphia's Drop-out Crisis

> Philadelphia Youth Transitions Collaborative Philadelphia's Youth Transitions Collaborative