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Dropout Prevention: Strategies That Work.
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PTA Today, 1987
This article deals with specific strategies for prekindergartners to sixth graders that schools can use to prevent young children from becoming tomorrow's dropouts. (MT)
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Elementary Education, High Risk Students, Potential Dropouts
Parents and the School Dropout Problem.
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Ferguson, Earl E.; Killingsworth, Jerry – PTA Today, 1987
The school dropout problem is discussed, with suggestions for parents on ensuring that their children do not become part of the dropout population, including; monitoring children's school attendance patterns; making sure children understand how important school and attendance is; maintaining close contact with teachers; and helping children…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Elementary Secondary Education, Parent Role, Parent School Relationship