To determine what effects employment will have on high school students' grade point averages and rate of school attendance, the author involved fifty-six students in an experiment. Twenty-eight students were employed part-time under the Youth Incentive Entitlement Project (YIEP). The twenty-eight students in the control group were eligible for…

Statistics show that illiteracy in the United States is still a problem, particularly for adults over forty-five years of age. To test the effects of preferred-interest lessons on attendance in an adult reading program, a group of 20 adults received reading instruction by traditional teaching methods (large group arrangement and commercial…

Louisiana received funds under Title VII of the Emergency School Aid Act to conduct a 23 month Special Students Concerns Project, aimed at eliminating the disproportionately high incidence of suspension, expulsions, and other disciplinary action involving minority group students in public schools. As proposed, the first six to eight months of the…

Data collected from three high schools, two middle schools, and five grade levels indicate that this demonstration program can effectively correct some of the more salient ravages of educational deprivation. Using teamwork, the program provides supportive reading and language arts assistance, basic skill development, supplementary counseling…

Changes in the structure and operation of Saskatchewan's rural education system were examined. The aim was to find ways to equalize educational opportunity and raise the level of education. Data were obtained from: (1) public opinion derived from community forums, communities and organizations' briefs, and hearings at which representatives of…

A summary of eight research memorandums and two working papers presents the findings of a study of racial balance in San Francisco's schools. Various alternative pupil attendance patterns were designed and assessed for their educational implications, feasibility, cost, and effect on racial balance. The city has high residential concentrations of…

Project Emerge, funded under Title VIII of the 1965 Elementary Secondary Education Act, is located in the Model Cities Area, a black-inhabited west side section of Dayton, Ohio. The target school student population is 2,300 of which 20 percent come from families with low incomes. Project Emerge's major objectives are to reduce the dropout rate in…

The purposes of this study were to (1) gain insight into some of the reasons for the attitude of the American Indian parent toward their child's school progress through a review of influential historical factors; (2) determine the degree and the effect of parental interest today; and (3) make recommendations and suggestions for improving parent…

In the Fall of 1970, a voluntary, one-way busing program of 59 white students was initiated from the Burroughs Elementary School Area to the Clinton Elementary School. An independent research agency was contracted to evaluate the program. Areas being investigated are attitudes of parents, teachers and students; school attendance; school climate;…

The Edison Project is an ESEA Title VIII dropout prevention program for 250 tenth grade students who were identified as potential dropouts on the basis of previous attendance, grades, and grade level retention. Some of the problems that affect student attendance have been found to be gangs, money, race, and relevance of education. The project was…

A linear programing model and procedures for optimal assignment of students to attendance centers are presented. An example of the use of linear programing for the assignment of students to attendance centers in a particular school district is given. (CK)

This report examined the extent to which student attendance, teacher certification, and teacher absence explained differences in reading and mathematics achievement among elementary and middle schools in New York City (beyond that explained by such student demographics as receiving free lunch, being an English language learner, and receiving…

A pilot program was designed to implement systemic changes by creating a collaborative approach and unified service delivery model for school counselors and social workers. The goals were to provide equal access to a meaningful education; increase school attendance and completion rates; increase appropriate student behaviors; increase safe and…

This report analyzes data provided by the Chicago Public School System, Illinois on Latino majority schools, noting implications for the Latino community. Data come primarily from school year 2000-2001 and include 140 elementary schools and 16 high schools. Findings describe the composition of the Latino majority according to student enrollment,…

This working paper is a product of a regional study in industrial South Wales of the determinants of participation and non-participation in post-compulsory education and training, with special reference to processes of change in the patterns of these determinants over time and to variations between geographical areas. The study combines contextual…