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Saving dropouts, saving money, strengthening the workforce.

Publication: Mississippi Business Journal
Publication Date: 25-JUL-05 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Saving dropouts, saving money, strengthening the workforce.(Education, HR & Workforce Training)(Jobs for Mississippi Graduates Inc. works to reduce school dropout rate and trains students in social skills)

Article Excerpt
Joe Haynes is on a crusade.

The executive director of Jobs for Mississippi Graduates (JMG) Inc. is working to reduce the high school dropout rate in Mississippi, which hovers around 40% for seventh graders.

"We look for the kids in the back of the class and try to turn them into stars," explained Haynes.

Since 1991, JMG has been the Mississippi affiliate of the Jobs for America's Graduates' (JAG) Program, the nation's largest, most consistently applied model of school-to-work transition for at-risk and disadvantaged youth. "This is the most comprehensive dropout prevention program that I've known about in my 30-plus years in education," said Haynes.

JMG's program has grown from 13 school districts three years ago to more than...

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