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Download full textBottoms, Gene; Presson, Alice – 1991
Strategies for reducing by one-half the school dropout rate in the southern United States are presented in this report. Sixteen recommendations made by the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) are discussed. These involve the following general areas: setting local goals, focusing on student outcomes, improving the reporting system, and…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropout Rate, Dropouts, Educational Objectives
Reyhner, Jon – 1991
American Indian and Alaska Native students have the highest dropout rate among all ethnic or racial groups, about 30%. Many studies have focused on the supposed deficits of students who drop out, such as intelligence, school attendance, and parental income. Less attention has been given to the deficits of schools and teachers pushing out Native…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indian Education, American Indians, Dropout Prevention
O'Sullivan, Rita G.; Baber, Ceola R. – 1991
This paper presents the results of a study of a low-cost dropout prevention program in a rural, small city school district (approximately 3,500 students) that used school incentive teams and multicultural training to increase success for students at risk of dropping out of school. Selected teachers in the eight schools in the district were…
Descriptors: Attendance, College School Cooperation, Dropout Prevention, Educational Environment
Maine State Dept. of Educational and Cultural Services, Augusta. Office of Truancy, Dropout and Alternative Education. – 1990
This procedures manual is intended to provide guidance to Maine school officials for developing strategies and policies to assure regular attendance of students in school. Part 1 examines factors affecting school attendance, noting that the school and home may serve as enablers for the student who becomes unaccountable for attendance. These…
Descriptors: Attendance, Dropout Prevention, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education
National Foundation for the Improvement of Education, Washington, DC. – 1990
The underlying themes in a successful dropout-prevention program are that it is teacher-led and student-centered. In this, the third National Foundation for the Improvement of Education (NFIE) report, project leaders offer guidelines for developing a successful prevention initiative. Suggestions are made on the following objectives: (1) empower…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Dropout Prevention, Elementary Secondary Education, High Risk Students
Zachman, Jill M. – 1987
This report presents the findings of a review of 45 selected references on issues associated with high risk students and dropouts. The literature was analyzed according to: (1) the manner in which high risk students and dropouts are characterized; (2) the suggested causes and conditions driving the problems of high risk and dropping out; (3) the…
Descriptors: Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Rate, Educational Improvement
Public/Private Ventures, Philadelphia, PA. – 1989
This document summarizes the findings of a study of the reasons why some at-risk youth persist in special programs while others drop out. Information was gathered from 16 focus group sessions comprised of both "persisters" and "leavers" from in-school remedial programs and out-of-school youth service corps. The findings,…
Descriptors: Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropouts
Lohrmann, David K. – 1988
Teachers and administrators face three problems when developing programs at the local level for at-risk students: defining "at-risk" for their local district, identifying effective programs, and absorbing the costs of implementation. A six-step process for systematically addressing these problems would urge the schools to: (1) identify the at-risk…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Depression (Psychology), Dropout Prevention, Drug Abuse
Stanford Mid-Peninsula Urban Coalition, Palo Alto, CA. – 1990
A California Partnership Academy is a voluntary school-within-a-school program for at-risk high school students. The program is based on a partnership between a school district, local employers, and the California Department of Education. The following special features are outlined: (1) close partnership between the school and employers; (2) block…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, High Risk Students
New York City Board of Education, NY. – 1987
New York City's Dropout Prevention Program (DPP), founded in 1985, has reduced the dropout rate at city schools from 42 percent to 30 percent. This information packet offers an overview of the dropout problem, the philosophy behind the DPP, and information on the steps New York City has taken to provide solutions. The program contains the…
Descriptors: Attendance, Community Involvement, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention
Mizell, M. Hayes – 1987
A risk assessment instrument for identifying potential dropouts at the middle and high school levels and an accompanying explanation of the instrument are provided in this document. The instrument provides a checklist of 21 criteria; the more criteria the student meets, the greater his risk of dropping out. Criteria include age in comparison to…
Descriptors: Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, High Risk Students, High Schools
Foley, Eileen; Crull, Peggy – 1986
The New York City Board of Education's 1984-85 Attendance Improvement/Dropout Prevention Program was less than a complete success. This report compares the least and most successful schools, analyzing the factors that determine success: (1) size, (2) cost, and (3) services. Successful programs were consistently smaller, serving a smaller portion…
Descriptors: Attendance, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropout Research
MAGI Educational Services, Inc., Larchmont, NY. – 1986
The 1985 evaluation of the Adolescent Vocational Exploration Program (AVE) found that this New York State Department of Labor intervention and pre-employment project has been successful in increasing young people's chances of gaining employment and functioning productively in the labor market. Primarily for 14- and 15-year-olds, AVE seeks to…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Community Organizations, Dropout Prevention, Economically Disadvantaged
Green, Karen Reed; Baker, Andrea – 1986
This is a progress report for a project attempting to gather and share information about effective dropout prevention strategies in action at the middle school and high school levels around the Northwest region of the United States. Introductory material reviews current views of the dropout problem, recent reports which address the issue of…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Curriculum Design, Dropout Prevention, Educational Methods
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn. Office of Educational Assessment. – 1987
The 1985-86 Attendance Improvement/Dropout Prevention (AIDP) program aimed at improving student attendance and achievement, reducing the dropout rate, and increasing the number of students completing school. The program, which began in 1984-85, operated in selected middle, high, and special education schools and programs having large numbers of…
Descriptors: Attendance, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Educationally Disadvantaged
