--- title: When it takes more than Google to find dropouts description: What Google doesn’t know about your students image: https://hub.graduationalliance.com/hubfs/Stock%20images/Empty%20classroom%20with%20empty%20chairs%20and%20desks.jpeg --- [1.855.486.8855](tel:1.855.486.8855) [learnmore@graduationalliance.com](mailto:learnmore@graduationalliance.com) - - - [![logo](https://hub.graduationalliance.com/hubfs/Graduationalliance-Jan2017/Image/logo.png)](http://graduationalliance.com) # Insights # When it takes more than Google to find dropouts Posted by [Greg Harp](https://hub.graduationalliance.com/blog/author/greg-harp) on June 19, 2017 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) ![Young female student with others writing notes in the classroom.jpeg](https://hub.graduationalliance.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Stock%20images/Young%20female%20student%20with%20others%20writing%20notes%20in%20the%20classroom.jpeg?width=785&height=524&name=Young%20female%20student%20with%20others%20writing%20notes%20in%20the%20classroom.jpeg) You can learn anything and everything about people online. That’s what society seems to be telling us these days, at least. But after a decade of helping school districts locate, re-enroll, re-engage and educate disengaged students, we’ve learned that sometimes the internet can’t even help us *find* missing students. And in talking to the school leaders we work with across the nation, we heard a separate but similar concern; often, when they go looking for alumni for the purpose of understanding long-term outcomes, they simply can’t find their former students. As part of our latest guide on building connections with students, we suggest that while the digital world has given us a lot of good tools for locating former students, sometimes it takes a decidedly more analog approach to find everyone. In “**Building Connections for Long-term Student Engagement**,” we expand on that observation, and offer seven more, for school leaders who want to be able to find former students for any number of reasons. For a free copy, [click here](https://graduationalliance-2712722.hs-sites.com/building-connections-for-long-term-student-engagement).   [![Building Connections for Long-Term S](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/2712722/30e8caa5-f2a2-4234-af63-ec559ced09a1.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/2712722/30e8caa5-f2a2-4234-af63-ec559ced09a1) --- **[GRADUATION ALLIANCE](http://graduationalliance.com)** works to provide school districts the resources, support and flexibility needed to assist all students in reaching their educational goals. If your district needs help with a dropout recovery program and/or social and emotional learning assessments, email us at: [learnmore@graduationalliance.com](mailto:learnmore@graduationalliance.com) ### Subscribe to Email Updates ### Recent Posts © 2017 Graduation Alliance. All Rights Reserved. - - -