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Download full textSnyder, Phyllis; Rosenblum, Sheila – 1987
The Atlanta (Georgia) Partnership of Business and Education, a private nonprofit corporation, is an umbrella organization that coordinates a range of activities aimed at strengthening education in Atlanta's public schools. There are over 300 business members of the partnership, and a wide range of affiliated civic, educational, and religious…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Dropout Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, High Risk Students
Kleinbard, Peter – Equity and Choice, 1989
Describes the Young Adult Learning Academy in New York (New York), a collaborative offering educational services to dropouts between 16 and 24 years old whose low reading levels make them ineligible for adult education programs. Emphasizes cooperation, staffing, and development of the instructional program. (FMW)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Cooperative Programs, Dropout Programs, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedGruber, Frederick H. – Journal of Intergroup Relations, 1990
Reviews dropout characteristics; identifies the components of an overall dropout prevention approach; and describes the role of legislation, school administration, and public-private collaboratives in developing dropout prevention strategies. Emphasizes the use of public and private resources to improve the opportunities of the disadvantaged. (FMW)
Descriptors: Black Students, Cooperative Programs, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention
Grannis, Joseph; And Others – 1990
This document, a two-volume report, provides in volume 1 the final longitudinal evaluation of the New York City Dropout Prevention Initiative (DPI), 1985-86 through 1987-88. (The second volume comprises appendices containing summaries of each previous evaluation for this time period.) The DPI was implemented in 13 high schools and 29 feeder middle…
Descriptors: Community Organizations, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, High Risk Students
Clark, Terry A. – 1987
This paper discusses the potential of school district-based and community-wide approaches to dropout prevention, and provides a summary of the goals and expected outcomes of the Consortium on Dropout Prevention, and the Urban Dropout Prevention Collaboratives Program. The Consortium on Dropout Prevention was formed to cooperatively gather and…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Cooperative Programs, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
Orr, Margaret Terry – 1987
Our nation's youth dropout rate, while consistent for almost 20 years, has increasingly become a major educational and societal problem. This summary of a longer sourcebook provides an overview of various strategies and initiatives for groups, schools, businesses, and communities to consider in addressing their dropout problems, and describes a…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Continuing Education, Dropout Programs, Dropout Rate
