How state funding policy can increase success for at-risk students

How state funding policy can increase success for at-risk students: Question 3. How can state funding policy support increased student success for at-risk students?
Performance funding is one of those arenas that we all flirt with and think it holds promise to reward results and it can put a spotlight on at-risk students. We are in a position to define performance funding in a way that gives extra rewards for the success of at-risk students. We might also define strategic initiatives that include seed money or incentive money focused on programs directed to at-risk students. Gateway for College, funded by the Gates Foundation, is a national program in Missouri. St. Louis Community College at Florissant Valley is one of the national institutional partners in the national initiative. It is extremely rewarding to see at-risk students in high school who, through this program, gain access to collegiate level course work while in high school. Drop outs? We had to change the rules; we had to give them a second chance. When given a second chance with focused intervention strategies and taking collective responsibilities to do better the second time around, students and their families feel the excitement of success. This is a lost generation we cannot afford to lose.

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