Touro fights high school dropout rate of 40 percent - Vallejo Times Herald:
"Toward that aim, Touro has launched its urban education program. It prepares teachers to serve effectively in districts like Vallejo's that struggle with poverty, inadequate resources, low test stores, and diverse languages and cultures, O'Connor said.
Touro also is staging a day-long conference to give those who work with at-risk youth some tools and strategies they can use, O'Connor said. Among those are problem-solving techniques, ways to foster empathy and build listening skills, instilling self-esteem, and strengthening what he called the 'persistence muscle.'"
"Toward that aim, Touro has launched its urban education program. It prepares teachers to serve effectively in districts like Vallejo's that struggle with poverty, inadequate resources, low test stores, and diverse languages and cultures, O'Connor said.
Touro also is staging a day-long conference to give those who work with at-risk youth some tools and strategies they can use, O'Connor said. Among those are problem-solving techniques, ways to foster empathy and build listening skills, instilling self-esteem, and strengthening what he called the 'persistence muscle.'"