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Download full textFardig, Diane – 1992
The purpose of this evaluation is to provide formative Information about selected Orange County Public Schools (CPS) dropout prevention and retrieval programs. The following seven alternative learning programs were evaluated: School-Within-a-School; Alternative Resource Elementary Classrooms; The Challenge Center; The Plaza Center; BETA and ACEPT…
Descriptors: Continuation Students, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropouts
Stout, Betty; And Others – 1990
Texas ranks among the top 10 states for school dropouts with an annual dropout rate of about 30%. Some dropout prevention programs are incorporating community service components as a means to counter the alienation and low self-esteem frequently seen among dropouts and at-risk students. Significant adults other than school personnel provide youth…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, High Risk Students, Intergenerational Programs, Older Adults
Flora, Pat T. – 1989
This guide is intended to encourage South Carolina secondary vocational education administrators, teachers, and counselors to implement programs designed to keep potential dropouts in school and recover those who leave school prematurely, as well as to provide those educators with research findings relevant to such activities. Following an…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Access to Education, Community Resources, Dropout Prevention
Bucy, Harriet Hanauer – 1990
This manual was developed to provide businesses with practical and easily implemented ways to meet the needs of local schools. It provides ideas and approaches for developing partnerships focused on school dropouts by exploring problems and pitfalls and offering solutions. The document has five chapters; a 21-item reference list; a description of…
Descriptors: Community Coordination, Community Resources, Cooperative Programs, Dropout Characteristics
Coleman, James M. – 1986
This paper summarizes reports of various Ohio committees and offices that have studied attendance and dropout problems and have developed strategies and recommendations for dealing with them. Those strategies and recommendations are provided along with the following: (1) a statement of the problem and its scope; (2) a list of roles and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Compensatory Education, Dropout Prevention
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1990
This report recommends that the House of Representatives pass the School Dropout Prevention and Basic Skills Improvement Act of 1990. The bill would amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to improve secondary school programs for basic skills improvement, dropout prevention, and dropout reentry by strengthening reporting…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Organizations, Community Services, Compensatory Education
National Dropout Prevention Center, Clemson, SC. – 1990
FOCUS is a database containing dropout prevention information at Clemson University (South Carolina). FOCUS provides access to the following data files: (1) Dropout Prevention Program Profiles; (2) Dropout Calendar of Events (National); (3) Dropout Calendar of Events (South Carolina Only); and (4) Dropout Resource Materials Library. The Program…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Databases, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
Grannis, Joseph; And Others – 1987
This interim report examines the second-year implementation of dropout prevention programs in the 42 public schools that are part of the New York Dropout Prevention Initiative (NYDPI). Evaluators employed both qualitative and quantitative methodologies in gathering data on the 29 middle school and 13 high school program sites, and on the…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropout Rate, Dropouts
Batsche, Catherine; And Others – 1984
This study examined characteristics of programs in which students were enrolled to determine which activities were most effective in dealing with dropouts. The study attempted to validate program components that have previously been associated with retentive capacity. Seventy-six exemplary programs for dropouts were selected to participate in the…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropout Research
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources. – 1987
Local school dropout programs are surveyed to identify the approaches used to prevent or overcome dropping out and to obtain views of local program administrators about dropout problems and programs. The programs had the following basic elements in common: (1) poor and minority teenagers who have multiple problems are targeted; (2) multiple…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropout Research, Educational Environment
GILLINGHAM, JONATHAN – 1964
A GROUP OF 5,000 STUDENTS FROM GRADES SEVEN THROUGH TEN WERE STUDIED. FINDINGS SUGGEST THAT THE GENERAL REASON FOR DROPPING OUT WAS DISINTEREST IN SCHOOL. ON THE AVERAGE, THE DROPOUT HAD FAILED THREE SUBJECTS--74 PERCENT WERE RETARDED IN ONE OR MORE GRADES. THE DROPOUT WAS A POOR READER, AND HIS SCHOLASTIC APTITUDE LEVEL WAS LOW. HE DID NOT WORK…
Descriptors: Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Research, Extracurricular Activities
SAVITZKY, CHARLES – 1962
THE CURRICULUM MATERIALS WERE PROVIDED TO AID SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS OF SLOW LEARNERS AND POTENTIAL HIGH DROPOUTS. THE AIM IS TO PROVIDE A BASIC EDUCATION, ENCOURAGE A SUCCESSFUL LEARNING EXPERIENCE, AND PREPARE THEM FOR THE WORLD OF WORK. APPROACHES AND METHODS ARE GEARED TO THE SLOW LEARNER, AND MATERIAL IS PRESENTED WHICH WILL BE FUNCTIONAL…
Descriptors: Curriculum Guides, Dropout Prevention, Instructional Materials, Part Time Employment
Human Resource Associates, Inc., Hastings, Minn. – 1978
This training manual is for use in preparing staff members to use the Focus Model, which is a "school within a school" for disaffected high school students. The material is designed to be used as a resource aid following participation in an in-service workshop. The first section presents general and administrative preadoption material,…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Group Counseling, Guides, High School Students
Young, Jerry L. – 1975
Achievement testing indicates that the typical student who leaves high school prior to graduation has academic deficiencies considerably below expected grade placement. The need exists for identifying potential dropouts prior to their actual withdrawal. After a dropout-prone student has been identified, an analysis of his specific needs should be…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Behavior Change, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention
National Association of Secondary School Principals, Reston, VA. – 1973
The report represents an abridged summary of a study which assessed secondary and postsecondary work education programs and suggested ways they might be modified or expanded. A stratified, random sample of 50 work-education sites was drawn for the study from a set of 500 representative programs. Specific occupational training, dropout prevention,…
Descriptors: Career Development, Cooperative Education, Cooperative Programs, Dropout Prevention
