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Brosnan, Michael – 1997
Most large and mid-size cities suffer from alarming numbers of high school drop-outs. One man decided to do something about his city's high drop-out rate: He started the Urban Collaborative Accelerated Program (UCAP), an independent, public, middle school for teenagers at risk of dropping out. The details of that program are outlined here. The…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Educational Environment, Educational Innovation, Educational Methods
Dorn, Sherman – 1996
One of the six national goals in the United States is to achieve a 90 percent graduation rate by the year 2000. In the last 50 years, high school graduation has become the norm. Concurrent with the new expectation of high school graduation came the dominance of the word "dropout" to describe those without diplomas. Many Americans view…
Descriptors: Attrition (Research Studies), Demography, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention
Zuba, Marge Tye – 1995
This book offers profiles of 30 high school students at Oak Park and River Forest (OPRF) High School, in the Chicago suburb of Oak Park, Illinois. Located in a neighborhood characterized by great disparity among residents' incomes, the school is one of the country's premier secondary schools. The book was written by the school dean, who taught a…
Descriptors: Attendance, Dropout Prevention, Family School Relationship, High School Students
Natriello, Gary, Ed. – 1986
This book collects articles that examine the patterns of dropping out evident among American youth, and the policies developed and implemented to reduce the incidence of dropping out. The following chapters (and their authors) are included: (1) Introduction (G. Natriello); (2) Can We Help Dropouts? Thinking about the Undoable (D. Mann); (3) Large…
Descriptors: Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropout Rate
Download full textMcMillen, Marilyn M.; Kaufman, Phillip; Klein, Steve – 1997
This report, which is the eighth in a series, presents data for 1995 on high school dropout and retention rates, and examines high school completion and graduation rates. In addition to extending time series data from earlier reports, this report focuses on three specific subpopulations that are at particular risk of dropping out of school: (1)…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Disabilities, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention
Besharov, Douglas J., Ed. – 1999
This book reports on the first stages of a project to increase understanding about why some young people have difficulty making transitions to productive adulthood and how to help them make more successful transitions. Contents include an introduction, 10 chapters, and an epilogue. "Introduction: Preventing Youthful Disconnectedness"…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Blacks, Dropout Prevention
