Jennifer Wick Schnakenberg and Meghan Coleman of MCPER’s Dropout Prevention Institute will present two sessions at the 25th annual At-Risk Youth National Forum on February 19 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Coleman will be lead presenter of the session “Investing in Education for At-Risk Students: The Implementation of a Dropout Prevention Intervention,” and Schnakenberg will lead the session “Responsive Reading Instruction in Secondary Interventions.” The theme of this year’s forum, sponsored by the National Dropout Prevention Center/Network, is “Investing for a Lifetime: Education Is Economic Development.” The event is designed to share the work of “innovative, skilled presenters who have excellent ideas, proven programs, and evidence-based research,” according to the forum website.
