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Direct linkMoeder-Chandler, Markus – SAGE Open, 2018
In the fall of 2013, Fountain-Fort Carson High School implemented a new "Advisory Period" for all students at all grade levels. Incoming ninth-grade students were randomly assigned a faculty advisor and stayed with the advisor over the course of their 4 years of high school. School counselors wrote the Advisory programming which included…
Descriptors: School Counseling, School Counselors, High School Students, Faculty Advisers
Dicksteen, Lisa Napell – Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers (J3), 2012
The U.S. Department of Education's (ED) National Center for Education Statistics defines dropouts as "16- through 21-year-olds who are not enrolled in school and have not earned a high school credential (either a diploma or an equivalency credential such as a General Education Development (GED) certificate)." According to the feds, the…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Dropout Rate, Hispanic American Students, Dropout Programs
Harris, Bryn; Steensen, Becky; Klotz, Mary Beth; Skalski, Anastasia Kalamaros; Bieber, Barb – Communique, 2012
A growing strategy in the world of educational reform is the use of "communities of practice" (CoP) as a tool for promoting sustainable systems change. There are three basic characteristics of a CoP that distinguish it from other types of communities: (1) the domain; (2) the community; and (3) the practice. A community of practice model…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Gifted, Elementary Secondary Education, Dropout Rate
Phi Delta Kappan, 2008
This article presents a speech that Senator Barack Obama delivered in Thornton, Colorado, in May 2008, summarizing his education beliefs and proposals. One of the highlights of Obama's education proposal is fixing the broken promises of No Child Left Behind (NCLB). As President, he will work with the nation's governors and educators to create and…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Essays, Speeches, Dropout Rate
Vallejo, M. Edmund – School Administrator, 1987
Although the Pueblo (Colorado) School District's student dropout rate compares favorably with national and state data, the community found the disproportionate number of Hispanic dropouts unacceptable. This article describes the district's efforts to reorganize staff, strengthen existing programs, and institute teen mother, inhouse suspension,…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropout Rate, High Risk Students, Hispanic Americans
Uhrmacher, P. Bruce – American School Board Journal, 1985
Describes how three Colorado school systems joined together and set up a dropout prevention commission that used a seven-step approach to work at reducing student dropout rates. (MD)
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropout Rate, Dropouts
Peer reviewedYoung, Gene – Rural Educator, 1986
A small rural high school initiated an 8-period day to offer students the increased number of credits required for graduation. Elective offerings, elective enrollments, and participation in extracurricular activities increased. Teachers and students liked shorter classes, grades improved, dropout rates declined, and teacher-pupil ratios dropped in…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Curriculum Enrichment, Dropout Rate, Elective Courses
