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Download full textNeufeld, G. Ronald; Stevens, Allen – 1992
This publication, the first in a series of three monographs on school dropout research, is designed to provide background information as a foundation for local programs planning throughout the Canadian provinces. Topics in this monograph include definitions of dropouts, characteristics of persons who drop out of school, factors that identify…
Descriptors: Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropout Research
Phillips, D. John – Education Canada, 1984
Compares and describes school leavers in Ontario, Canada, and Somerset, England. Notes functional illiteracy is common among school leavers. Decides that the best approach is a concentrated effort on reading in grades three and four. Describes such a program to be instituted in York, Ontario, in September, 1984. (BRR)
Descriptors: Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropouts
Thomas, Terry, Ed.; And Others – 1985
This resource handbook was developed to provide constituent school district personnel with a variety of strategies for improving student attendance and for reducing the dropout rate. A significant number of studies completed during the last 5 years have identified attendance as the critical issue confronting school administrators. Further, recent…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Attendance, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
Thomas, Terry, Ed.; Sykes, Roger, Ed. – 1986
To furnish constituent school district personnel with a number of alternative educational programs for reducing the dropout rate, this resource handbook was published by the Oakland Schools (Michigan) Department of Pupil Personnel Services. Provided within this second handbook discussing various strategies for improving student attendance and for…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Attendance, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
Peer reviewedDarinskii, A. V. – Russian Education and Society, 1992
Reviews the history of night schools that provide secondary equivalency programs in the Soviet Union and Russia. Asserts that now is the appropriate time to make changes in the objectives and curriculum of these programs. Recommends that the curriculum be more differentiated so that a wider range of students can be served and broader educational…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Programs, Dropouts
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). Regional Office for Education in Asia and the Pacific. – 1986
The Regional Review Meeting on the Situation of Education of Girls was attended by participants from eight Asian countries, six of which have low female participation and retention rates. Participants from Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, and Thailand presented reports based on the findings of national studies,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Developing Nations, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
Sanguinetti, Jill, Ed.; Jones, Myfanwy, Ed. – 2000
These proceedings document some of the work and the stories of literacy teachers who work with youth outside the school system and help to paint the educational and policy context of their work. "Professionalism and Passion: A Report on Teachers Working with the Literacy Needs of Unemployed Youth" (Beverley Campbell) introduces the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cooperative Programs, Developed Nations, Dropout Programs
Stromquist, Nelly P., Ed. – 1994
This book provides a collection of articles that covers urban education from both developed and developing countries. It presents five studies focused on the United States and other industrialized countries, two studies on Asia, two on Africa, and one on Latin American. Major sections discuss concepts and trends in urban education, the…
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Dropout Programs, Economically Disadvantaged
2000
This document is a youth curriculum resource designed to accommodate learners in Australia's Certificates in General Education (CGEA) program. The document begins by discussing the following topics: the curriculum framework; the curriculum's content and its relationship to the CGEA program's numeracy learning outcomes and criteria; successful…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Art Activities, Art Education, Behavioral Objectives
