Discusses how business teachers can get students to stay in school and learn problem solving in context with teaching basic business knowledge and information processing and computer skills. (JOW)

Effective schools research and techniques are useful in developing dropout prevention strategies. The success of these programs depends on a school's adherence to certain variables asssociated with teacher and administrator characteristics and behaviors, school climate, instructional emphasis, and pupil progress measurement. Includes five…

High school seniors from 13 schools in a suburban Southern community responded to a questionnaire concerning reasons that they stayed in school rather than dropping out. Results suggest that school personnel demonstrated specific behaviors that were conducive to keeping potential dropouts in school. (Author)

Evaluated effects of Mississippi Department of Corrections' Project AWARE Program, nonconfrontational prisoner-run juvenile delinquency deterrence program. Compared offenses and school attendance records of 97 adjudicated juvenile delinquent males who attended program and 79 adjudicated nonparticipants. Program participation did not appear to…

Butler County (Pennsylvania) Vo-Tech motivates better attendance and achievement through an incentive program with tangible rewards such as the Win-a-Car contest. A two-day self-esteem program involves action-oriented experiential learning activities designed to develop leadership, teamwork, self-esteem, and problem-solving skills. (SK)

A survey of 455 special education teachers in 17 Appalachian Georgia counties examined characteristics, reasons for dropping out, and unmet school needs of disabled dropouts. The average dropout was a 16-year-old white male who was entering the ninth grade and who had not previously been employed. Implications for dropout prevention are discussed.…

Dropout prevention programs in schools must work with the community to meet the needs of students and families. Types of parent and school-community involvement include parenting, communicating, volunteering, learning at home, and representing other parents. (JOW)

Minnie Howard School, just outside Washington, D.C., caters exclusively to 14-year olds. Started seven years ago to relieve enrollment pressures, the school protects its 747 9th graders from typical high-school pressures and has reduced suspension and truancy, enrolled more kids in honors classes, and enticed privately educated students back to…

Analyzes the effectiveness of widely used risk factors for identifying potential dropouts, using data from the School Dropout Demonstration Assistance Program. Findings indicate that most risk factors are not effective predictors of dropping out, and that dropout prevention programs often serve students who would not have dropped out and do not…

A pilot vocational exploration program in the Pocono Mountain School District (Pennsylvania) was conducted for students who were at risk of dropping out of school after failing eighth grade. The program, conducted as a ninth-grade class, allowed at-risk students to receive concentrated, personalized help in basic academic skills while exploring…

This document provides information on a Full-Time Vocational Training Program (FTVTP), which is intended to keep students in school or allow dropouts to reenter in a vocational setting. The philosophy and purpose of the FTVTP are presented. The program's purpose is to enable dropouts to return to school in a full-day vocational program, be…

This paper proposes a longitudinal study of Eastern Massachusetts secondary students from two culturally diverse locations beginning in the fall of 1986 and ending with their high school graduations in 1991 and 1992. After discussing dropout prevention strategies, the paper offers the following justification for the study: By following these…

The report describes a project in which high-motivation language arts and math instruction was provided to decrease absenteeism, school failure and dropout rates for secondary handicapped students. It is explained that instruction was correlated with "visible kit" materials, including the Visible V8 Engine Kit, and that a document was prepared…

To determine whether needed components of the career education program were directed toward the potential Mesa school dropouts, a study was made of their characteristics. Samples used were an exhaustive sample of the 431 dropouts of the 1972-1973 school year and a random sample of the 1973-1974 potential dropouts (those students over age 16 or…

Mt Diablo High School began a six-phase dropout prevention program in 1986. It involves a summer transition program for freshmen, training for freshman teachers, ongoing follow up, reduction in class size, ninth grade performance review, and the creation of a ninth grade opportunity class for second semester freshmen students. (MD)