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Peer reviewedFine, Michelle – Social Policy, 1985
Presents a case study of a New York City high school with a high dropout rate. Focuses on teaching quality, students' attitudes and stresses, and school structure and practice. Argues that school reforms must be developed along with efforts to improve the overall life conditions of students. (KH)
Descriptors: Black Students, Dropout Prevention, Dropouts, Educational Environment
Dei, George J. Sefa; Mazzuca, Josephine; McIsaac, Elizabeth; Zine, Jasmin – 1997
The dropout rate is one of the most critical issues that Canadian educators face. Based on a 3-year study in the greater Toronto area, this book established a new frame of reference for understanding the dropout dilemma. This book suggests that race, class, gender, and other forms of social difference can affect how education is delivered. For…
Descriptors: Black Students, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Rate, Dropouts
Download full textWanza, Valerie S. – 1996
A program was developed and implemented to help increase the attendance of potential grade 10 dropouts from a predominantly black urban area. The objectives for the program were to increase the daily attendance rate for the 10 targeted students by at least 40%, to develop positive career and life goals, and, for 4 of the young men, to develop…
Descriptors: Attendance, Attitude Change, Black Students, Counseling
Theimer, William C., Jr. – 1970
Interviews were conducted with 39 junior high school students, whose low attendance records virtually deemed them dropouts, and with 26 parents to determine their perceptions of their school--specifically the building, teachers, course content, methods of instructions, and the school as a whole. Results of these interviews showed that the school…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Black Students, Career Guidance, Counseling Services
Kronick, Robert F., Ed. – 1997
To reduce the number of school dropouts and youth homicides and to change poor social outcomes for children and youth at risk, it is necessary to consider socially imposed risk factors and reconceptualize ways of thinking about risk. Chapters in this collection discuss risk factors and show that schools can become supportive environments that…
Descriptors: American Indians, Black Students, Dropouts, Early Intervention
Urban Indicator, 1994
The dropout problem in the nation, in the Council of the Great City Schools (GCS) school districts, and in the central cities is reviewed. Annual, single-year, four-year, and status dropout rates are examined. During the decade from 1982 to 1992, the gap in dropout rate between Whites and other ethnic groups has narrowed. The majority of the GCS…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Black Students, Dropout Research, Dropouts
Dei, George J. Sefa – 1995
Findings of a 3-year study of the experiences of Black and African-Canadian students in the Ontario public school system are presented. The paper focuses on urban students in four schools and on their parents' perceptions of public schooling. Interviews were held with nearly 150 African Canadian students, including 22 dropouts, some of whom…
Descriptors: Afrocentrism, Black Students, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropouts
Peer reviewedVelez, William; Fernandez, Ricardo R. – Equity and Excellence, 1991
The ASPIRA Association in the District of Columbia conducted a longitudinal multimethod study with 1,152 students based on school records, interviews, the High School and Beyond study, and 1-year followup to study dropouts among Hispanic-American students in 5 cities: Chicago, Miami, Newark, Milwaukee, and San Antonio. Findings represent an…
Descriptors: Black Students, Data Collection, Dropout Rate, Dropout Research
Dei, George J. Sefa – 1993
The preliminary findings of an on-going 3-year study examining the experiences of black students in a Canadian public school system are discussed. The project has been using students' narratives of their experiences in an inner-city public school system to explore the influences of race/ethnicity, class, gender, power, and social structures on…
Descriptors: Black Students, Black Youth, Dropouts, Educational Experience
Peer reviewedHouston, Alice V.; And Others – Journal of Negro Education, 1992
Describes the Middle College High School (MCHS) at Seattle (Washington) Central Community College, a public schools cooperative venture among the school system, community college, Seattle Housing Authority, and corporate sponsor. The MCHS enrolls students at risk of dropping out and boasts an impressive effort in retaining and educating these…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, College School Cooperation, Community Colleges
Jumal, O. Ajamu – 1991
This master thesis examines the African American male students in San Bernardino (California) middle schools and high schools in order to compare those findings to findings in the literature and to be able to recommend ways to improve their performance. The study reviews available statistical data about African American male students compiled by…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Black Students, Black Youth
Boyle, Kathleen – 1992
The lives and places in society of urban youth at risk of dropping out of the Los Angeles (California) Unified School District schools are explored through interviews of adolescents whom the author met when doing field work in Los Angeles County. Data come from interviews conducted in the course of the 1991 Drug Use Forecasting Study (DUF) and the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Black Students, Child Abuse, Crack
