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A Study of High School Dropout Prevention and At-Risk Ninth Graders' Role Models and Motivations for School Completion
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Somers, Cheryl L.; Owens, Delila; Piliawsky, Monte – Education, 2009
This study describes the results of a research evaluation of a school dropout prevention program and adolescents' self-reported perceptions of their motivations and role models. The program was a partnership between an urban university and an urban school district that was designed to prevent 9th grade students from dropping out of high school. It…
Descriptors: Role Models, Urban Schools, Low Income Groups, Dropout Programs
Drop-Out Prevention among Urban, African American Adolescents: Program Evaluation and Practical Implications
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Somers, Cheryl L.; Piliawsky, Monte – Preventing School Failure, 2004
The purposes of this study were to evaluate a pilot, dropout prevention program designed to provide academic tutoring and supplemental enrichment to 9th graders and to examine additional data on adolescents' motivators and role models related to high school dropout and completion. The program targeted 9th graders because many adolescents decide to…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Program Evaluation, African American Students, Adolescents