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Direct linkBrown, Vickie McConnell – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Schools in the United States have struggled with graduation rates for nearly 140 years. School divisions are continuously searching for new and creative curriculums to address changing student needs. From the U.S. Department of Education to local school board members, educators are working to discover creative and accountable alternatives to…
Descriptors: Student Needs, Nontraditional Education, Graduation Rate, Dropout Prevention
Download full textHarris, Alex, Ed. – National Governors Association, 2006
This bimonthly newsletter provides information about the progress of the Honor States Grant Program, a governor-led effort to improve college- and work-ready graduation rates. This issue explores strategies for dropout prevention and recovery. Progress of three states is highlighted. Suggested resources for policymakers are provided. Contents…
Descriptors: Graduation Rate, Dropout Prevention, Dropouts, Graduation
Conner, Evguenia; McKee, Jan – Principal Leadership, 2008
This article describes an action research at an alternative high school which explores drop-out prevention strategies with first-year students. Student retention is extremely challenging for alternative schools. Because their mission is to provide a second chance to students who could not succeed in a regular setting, those schools regularly must…
Descriptors: Action Research, Prevention, Academic Persistence, Statistical Data
Duckenfield, Marty, Ed. – National Dropout Prevention Center/Network (NDPC/N), 2007
The "National Dropout Prevention Newsletter" is published quarterly by the National Dropout Prevention Center/Network. This issue contains the following articles: (1) Policy Matters; (2) A Conversation With A State Policymaker (Stephen Canessa); (3) Policy Matters at the School Level (Steven W. Edwards); (4) EEDA: Promise or Peril? (Sam…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Dropout Prevention, Statewide Planning, Newsletters
Divine, Katherine P.; Whanger, Richard E. – Educational Technology, 1990
Discussion of high school dropouts highlights the development of a computer learning laboratory that was used with at-risk high school students. The assessment of students' skills in language and reading is described, software that focused on these areas is discussed, and the results of pretests and posttests is reported. (Seven references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Dropout Prevention
Norton City School Board, VA. – 1973
The DILENOWISCO Educational Cooperative designed the Four I's Project (intervention, introduction, investigation, and involvement) and the K-12 Career Education Program for Norton City in an effort to assist in solving some of the educational problems existing in this isolated central Appalachian area of Virginia. The two projects are discussed…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Planning, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Prevention
