The CPS Department of Graduation Pathways in the Office of Student Support Services developed the Freshmen On-Track Handbook as a guide for educators (principals, counselors, teachers, etc) and administrators to use in developing strategies and tactics to improve the Freshmen On-Track (FOT) rate at their schools. Many of the topics in this handbook may be exclusive to Chicago Public Schools (CPS), but many of the ideas and strategies can be applied globally and used by non-CPS educators. This book is a collection of the promising practices that the six lab schools from the Freshmen On-Track Lab Action Research Project found that gave positive results.
