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Download full textBruno, Paula – 1995
Integrated Diverse Enrichment for Academic Learning (Project IDEAL) was an Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title VII-funded project in its second year of operation in 1993-94 at Walton High School in the Bronx (New York). Project IDEAL served 174 students of limited English proficiency. Participants received instruction in English as a…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Cultural Awareness, Dropout Prevention, English (Second Language)
Griffith, Julia E. – 1994
Chapter 2 Formula funds provide federal aid to states through the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965 as amended in 1988 by PL 100-297. Funds can support programs for students at risk of failure or dropping out, or students for whom providing an education entails higher than average costs. Funds can also support programs for…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Achievement Gains, Compensatory Education, Dropout Prevention
Des Moines Public Schools, IA. – 1991
The SUCCESS program of the Des Moines (Iowa) public schools serves children, youth, and families experiencing conditions that put them at risk of not achieving the goals of their educational programs or thriving in their families or communities. SUCCESS integrates community resources within the school system in family resource centers. The…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Resources, Delivery Systems, Dropout Prevention
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Office of Research, Evaluation, and Assessment. – 1992
Chapter 1 funds were used to fund four discrete components of the 1992 Chapter 1 summer programs in New York City. Each component targeted Chapter 1 eligible students who were found to be at risk of dropping out of school because of a lack of basic skills. The four programs were: (1) the Institute for Career Exploration (ICE); (2) the Basic Skills…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Career Exploration, Compensatory Education, Data Collection
Rodriguez-Brown, Flora V.; Mulhern, Margaret M. – 1992
A family literacy program for increasing 3- to 5-year-old children's literacy skills by educating their Mexican American parents is evaluated. Project Family Literacy--Aprendiendo, Mejorando, Educando ("Learning, Improving, Educating") (Project FLAME) is a federally funded program addressing Hispanic Americans' academic failure,…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Prevention, Economically Disadvantaged
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Office of Research, Evaluation, and Assessment. – 1991
An evaluation was done of New York City Public Schools' Dropout Reduction through Employment, Achievement, and Motivation Program (Project DREAM), which served poor Spanish-speaking immigrant high school students. The program operated at South Bronx High School serving 444 mostly immigrant students of limited English proficiency. The program…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Career Education, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth
Bruno, Paula – 1993
Integrated Diverse Enrichment for Academic Learning (Project IDEAL) was an Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title VII-funded project in its first year of operation at Walton High School in the Bronx (New York). Project IDEAL served 192 students of limited English proficiency in 1992-93 with instruction in English as a second language (ESL),…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Cultural Awareness, Dropout Prevention, English (Second Language)
Massachusetts State Dept. of Education, Quincy. Office of Student Services. – 1989
The Chapter 188 Dropout Prevention Grant Program funds school districts with high percentages of low-income students and school dropouts to enable them to implement dropout prevention initiatives in grades 7 through 12. The emphasis in funding is on long-term school change in school policy, curriculum, governance, scheduling, programming, support…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Educational Change
Miller, Frank L. – 1986
This report presents nine steps, followed by work plans, for administrators when implementing a dropout prevention initiative. These nine steps are: (1) conduct a needs assessment to establish a database that identifies students who leave school early; (2) draft descriptors that identify elementary students who are at risk of dropping out later;…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
McCoy, Kay R. – 1988
In 1988, a telephone survey was conducted of students at Prince George's Community College (PGCC) who were enrolled in fall 1987, but who were not registered for spring 1988. The purposes of the study were to ascertain students' reasons for not returning to PGCC and to determine what the college could have done to influence the non-returning…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, College Attendance, Community Colleges, Dropout Prevention
Hill, Ann Marie; Bragg, Debra D. – 1985
The incidence of pregnancy among young teenagers has increased dramatically in the past several decades. Young single mothers are much more likely than others to leave school before graduation and to be unemployed and poor. This study was conducted to identify differences in completion, school attendance rates, and grades for secondary and adult…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Adult Education, Adult Students, Attendance
Gampert, Richard D. – 1989
The 1982-83 school year was the second year of the New York City (New York) Public Schools Promotional Gates Program. Under this program students in grades four and seven who failed to attain their promotional criteria (in both reading and mathematics) were retained for a year of intensive remedial instruction. This report is the result of a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Grade Placement, Dropout Prevention, Grade Repetition
Miller, Ronald C.; And Others – 1987
This report evaluates the special education component of the 1986-87 Attendance Improvement/Dropout Prevention program of the New York City Board of Education. The program was designed to provide intensive services to special education students at risk of dropping out of school. The report presents characteristics of students in the program,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Behavior Problems, Counseling Services
Peer reviewedMiller, Michael K.; And Others – Rural Sociology, 1984
Estimates impact of community resource development (CRD) programs on a variety of quality of life indicators for 73 Arkansas counties that were nonmetropolitan in 1960. Results indicate that few quality of life indicators were affected in the direction intended by CRD programs. Examines substantive and methodological implications of the findings.…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Resources, Dropout Prevention, Extension Education
Beales, Janet R.; Bertonneau, Thomas F. – 1997
Though conventional public schools enroll the vast majority of difficult-to-educate students, many such students who are not accepted by public schools end up at private schools. This report describes the role of private institutions in educating these students, incorporating case studies and analyzing various institutional arrangements. Part 1…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Charter Schools, Correctional Education, Disabilities
