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Edwards, Marvin E. – American School Board Journal, 1985
Describes a dropout prevention program used for eight years in Joliet Township, Illinois, high schools. (MD)
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Individualized Instruction, Parent Child Relationship, Potential Dropouts
Download full textBatsche, Catherine – 1985
This pamphlet offers information on high school dropouts and the role of vocational education in dropout prevention. References are provided for each section. Characteristics of dropouts, reasons for dropping out, and 12 factors that contribute to retention in high school are listed. Indicators from research are cited that show that vocational…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Dropouts
Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation, Inc., Hartford, CT. – 1994
This competency-based secondary learning guide on assisting at-risk populations (dropouts and homeless people) is part of a series that are adaptations of guides developed for adult consumer and homemaking education programs. The guides provide students with experiences that help them learn to do the following: make decisions; use creative…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Check Lists, Competence, Competency Based Education
