Describes a comprehensive high school in Atlanta, Georgia, which improved the education of its Black, underprivileged students by upgrading the school's image and making it the hub of community activity. The principal's charismatic leadership enhanced student opportunities by forging strong ties with the community. For journal availability, see SO…

Discusses why individualization of learning is needed in inner-city schools and describes a study comparing traditional instruction with programed instruction in teaching shorthand to students in selected inner-city high schools in Dallas, Texas. Procedures, findings, conclusions, and recommendations are included. (HD)

Describes a framework to support teachers' reflection about school mathematics and traditionally underserved students, focusing on a study of the beliefs of a group of high school mathematics teachers. The paper asserts that the teachers' views of equity and race blocked substantive reflection about the nature of their instructional practices and…

A study of high school choice programs in four large cities (New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, and Boston) shows that meaningful school choice is beyond the reach of the most vulnerable innercity students. Educators considering such plans must recognize the dangers (like stacked admissions policies) raised for these youth. (MLH)

Born in rural Tennessee, 15-year-old Billy Charles Barnett is proficient enough at hunting and fishing to support himself by teaching his survivalist skills to others. His economic well-being is threatened by required school attendance. Given the impoverished state of American education, society would not necessarily benefit from a lower dropout…

Discusses a tutoring project employing student teachers in a rural residential school for the socioeconomically disadvantaged in Israel. Pupils were asked to write about their experiences with tutors. Evaluators found that pupils appreciated the sympathetic companionship of tutors close in age to themselves. (DM)

Presents case studies of four troubled young people in the correctional system after participation in adventure courses. Case studies show that, although troubled youth may leave an adventure course with positive behaviors and good intentions, poor family interactions and negative community environments made youth unable to sustain the positive…

Investigates two links in the quasi-market for English secondary schools: (1) the link between attracting students to a school and financial rewards; and (2) the link between changes in student roll and the educational performance and social background of the students already at the school. Addresses the findings in detail. (CMK)

Survey data on perceptions of the ability and economic circumstances of their students of 304 teachers in 45 schools in Scotland are used to illustrate multilevel multivariate linear regression. Teachers in a school tended to share beliefs about the students, and these beliefs linked economic disadvantage and low ability. (SLD)

Data from recently published analyses of past youth training efforts, together with demonstration programs for dropouts just getting underway, provide some clear indications of directions that must be taken to effectively treat the needs of seriously-at-risk youth. Furthermore, data on trends in youth unemployment among dropouts show that…

A program designed to teach daily living skills to high school students of varying abilities is described. Teaching methods emphasize resource person, field trips, and actual experience; objectives are set in the areas of business, home economics, and social studies to enable students to live responsibly after high school. (AJ)

Existing models for explaining individual educational attainment have not been particularly useful for explanations of the high dropout rate for black youths. This study employes a status attainment approach in analyzing the school dropout problem, using data from disadvantaged black youth who were enrolled in 1979 in a targeted job placement…

This booklet contains descriptions of resources available on the delivery of special education, vocational education, and vocational rehabilitation services to handicapped youth at the secondary and postsecondary levels. The materials were gathered at 1976 and 1979 "National Forum on Pathways to Employment" meetings sponsored by the President's…

Designed to generate evaluative information to support instructional decision-making and to support administrative operations, this handbook consists of two major sections: (1) an overview of a comprehensive system for learner identification and assessment, and (2) a selection of sample resource procedures and forms that will facilitate…

One of 52 theoretical papers on school crime and its relation to poverty, this chapter considers the perspective that violence and vandalism in schools are a structural rather than a personal problem. Various facets of the schooling process are discussed with an emphasis on past and present meaning of forms of social control and how these may be…