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Direct linkLagana-Riordan, Christine; Aguilar, Jemel P.; Franklin, Cynthia; Streeter, Calvin L.; Kim, Johnny S.; Tripodi, Stephen J.; Hopson, Laura M. – Preventing School Failure, 2011
Recent trends in education have drawn attention to students at risk of school failure and dropout in the United States. Alternative schools are one method for preventing the severe and long-lasting consequences of underachievement and dropout. Few research studies have sought the opinions and perceptions of the at-risk students who attend…
Descriptors: Traditional Schools, Nontraditional Education, Qualitative Research, Student Attitudes
Roblyer, M. D. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2006
Although dropout rates in virtual school courses are typically quite high, some virtual programs have very low course dropout and failure rates and better passing rates on key criterion tests (e.g., AP tests) than do traditional school programs. Directors of five successful virtual schools agreed to share their "formulas for success" in…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Dropouts, Dropout Rate, Traditional Schools
