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Download full textEthan R. Van Norman – Online Submission, 2022
The Promise Fellow Program is an intervention designed to prevent dropout amongst students in grades 6-12 in Minnesota that show early warning signs of school disengagement. The program is led by interventionists known as Promise Fellows and provides three research-based supports that align with the National Dropout Prevention Center's "Basic…
Descriptors: Evaluation, Federal Programs, Attendance, Instructional Program Divisions
Peer reviewedBeckers, Gerlinde G.; Knight, Katlyn L. – National Youth Advocacy and Resilience Journal, 2021
Project LION (Learning In Our Neighborhood) was a community partnership between a local University, a Charitable Foundation, the City, and the Parish (County) School System that provided affordable afterschool academic and enrichment activities for students who are at risk in grades 4 through 8. The multiple-year foundation grant provided program…
Descriptors: School Community Programs, College School Cooperation, Grade 4, Grade 5
Sepanik, Susan; Corrin, William; Roy, David; Gray, Aracelis; Fernandez, Felix; Briggs, Ashley; Wang, Kathleen K. – MDRC, 2015
Too many students in high-poverty, urban communities drop out of high school, and too few graduate prepared for college and careers. Three national organizations--Talent Development Secondary, City Year, and Communities In Schools--have formed "Diplomas Now" in an effort to transform urban secondary schools so fewer students drop out and…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Secondary Schools, Dropout Prevention, College Readiness
Dolan, Kim Knous; Perez-Oquendo, Reyna – Donnell-Kay Foundation (NJ1), 2009
More than half of all Denver Public Schools (DPS) students who start in the ninth grade do not graduate within four years. If DPS is to significantly impact this graduation crisis, it must prioritize the implementation of systemic and research-based strategies around prevention, recuperation, and recovery of off-track students. With a 100 percent…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Public Schools, Out of School Youth, Graduation
O'Sullivan, Rita G. – 1990
The high school dropout rate is a matter for serious concern. Nationally, dropout prevention programs for at-risk youth have emerged and are increasing. In response to this situation a model middle school dropout prevention program was implemented for a small city public school system. This study assessed the effectiveness of the first year of the…
Descriptors: Achievement, Dropout Prevention, Grade 6, High Risk Students
New Orleans Public Schools, Louisiana. Dept. of Educational Accountability. – 1993
The status of middle grade students (grades 6, 7, and 8) was studied in the New Orleans (Louisiana) public schools. The district is faced with major challenges in addressing the overall needs of middle grade students and the impact of early retention in grade that has resulted in several overage students. Most sixth graders are in elementary…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Dropout Prevention, Dropouts
