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Download full textAltenbaugh, Richard J.; And Others – 1995
The study reported concentrated on school leavers in Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania) who returned (dropbacks) to Job Corps Programs over an 8-year period. Interviews with 100 dropbacks explored who left school, why they left school, what caused them to come back, and the kinds of interventions that might succeed with other students. Part 1 provides a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Size, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Research
AdvoCasey, 2000
This periodical provides accessible, in-depth profiles of programs and policies that have made measurable differences in the lives of children and families. A particular focus is on initiatives that have helped reform child-serving institutions and systems and that have strengthened the physical infrastructure, economic vitality, and social fabric…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Child Welfare, Educational Administration, Elementary Secondary Education
