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A Meaningful High School Diploma
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Siegel, Shepherd – Phi Delta Kappan, 2009
Creating a meaningful high school diploma will expose students to the full range of adult options which will enable them to shape their high school education in a way that connects to their current interests and stimulates the growth of new ones. Fully connecting all students to these four worlds of knowledge will equip them to build one…
Descriptors: High Schools, High School Students, Secondary School Curriculum, High School Graduates
The Metropolitan Youth Education Center: A Colorado Solution to the Problem of High School Dropouts.
Jacques, Mary Jo – Phi Delta Kappan, 1982
The Metropolitan Youth Education Center in Denver (Colorado) offers flexible scheduling, small classes, and a broad range of courses to help high school dropouts earn diplomas. (MLF)
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropouts, High Schools
Will J. Reid: Profile of a Continuation High School
Botts, Robert E. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1972
Descriptors: Continuation Students, Counseling, Dropout Prevention, High Schools
Surprise--High School Reform Is Working
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Toch, Thomas; Jerald, Craig D.; Dillon, Erin – Phi Delta Kappan, 2007
High school reform has now been on the national agenda long enough that people can begin reaching conclusions about the effectiveness of various approaches to it. This article discusses several strategies of high school reforms which includes: (1) improving school climate; (2) strengthening curriculum and instruction; (3) raising graduation…
Descriptors: School Restructuring, Graduation Requirements, Graduation Rate, Educational Improvement
Where Everybody Knows Your Name.
Holland, Holly; Mazzoli, Kelly – Phi Delta Kappan, 2001
Describes experiences of teachers, administrators, and students in a freshman academy in a medium-sized midwestern city high school designed to help ninth-graders, many with at-risk behaviors, to make smooth transitions from middle school to high school. (PKP)
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Dropout Prevention, High Schools, Middle School Students
What's Happening in . . . Horizon High School?
Amenta, Robert – Phi Delta Kappan, 1982
Horizon High School combats student dropout rates in Bakersfield (California) by maintaining a small enrollment, high community involvement, close student-teacher relationships, flexible scheduling, and attention to individual students' educational needs and interests. Student attendance, graduation rates, and standardized test scores are…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Educational Innovation, High Schools, Nontraditional Education
Holding At-Risk Students.
Testerman, Janet – Phi Delta Kappan, 1996
Research shows that poor student-teacher relations adversely affect students' self-concept. Teachers at a Florida high school created positive advisor/advisee relationships for a group of high-risk students with grade-point averages of 1.5 or below. After 21 weeks, these students had better attendance and grade-point averages than control-group…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Attendance, Dropout Prevention
Withered Hopes, Stillborn Dreams: The Dismal Panorama of Urban Schools.
Maeroff, Gene I. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1988
The educational reform movement has proven largely irrelevant to urban minority students' needs. Dropout prevention programs have bestowed meaningless diplomas, while side-stepping the root causes of failure and underachievement. Urban high schools are large and impersonal and have a sour, dispirited atmosphere that discourages learning. Clearly,…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Prevention, Economically Disadvantaged, Expectation