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Direct linkRyder, Andrew J.; Hagedorn, Linda Serra – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2012
Among the diverse and varied missions of community colleges is the provision of instruction for students who have either been underserved by their previous educational institutions or not had the opportunity to complete high school. Included under this umbrella are low-performing high school students, individuals with low basic skills, and those…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, High School Equivalency Programs, Dropout Programs, Continuation Students
Download full textNGA Center for Best Practices, 2011
Efforts to improve educational attainment are hampered by the high school dropout crisis. At a time when governors are calling for changes to improve higher education access and success, more than 1 million youth ages 16 to 19 are not enrolled in school and do not have a high school diploma. Each year, an additional 390,000 youth drop out of…
Descriptors: Dropout Rate, Incentives, Educational Attainment, Educational Change
Charmaraman, Linda; Hall, Georgia – New Directions for Youth Development, 2011
Out-of-school-time programs, especially arts-based programs, can be critical players in a community's efforts to prevent school dropout. This research review suggests the following approaches for arts-based programs: (1) recruitment and retention of target populations with multiple risk factors; (2) long-term skill development that engages youth…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, After School Programs, Program Effectiveness, Program Content
Wolfe, Rebecca E. – Jobs for the Future, 2012
For over 17 years, Boston Day and Evening Academy has served a population of young people often left behind: those who are off track to high school graduation or who have dropped out altogether. Through its competency-based approach, BDEA has tackled one of the toughest education conundrums of our time: how to recover low-skilled students two or…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, State Standards, Competence, Alignment (Education)
Allen, Lili; Wolfe, Rebecca E. – Jobs for the Future, 2010
In the Rio Grande Valley of south Texas, the Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Independent School District has achieved a startling success over the last two years: it has recovered and graduated over 600 dropouts and put them on a clear pathway to college. Just a few years ago, low graduation rates, struggling high schools, and poor staff and student morale…
Descriptors: High Schools, Graduation Rate, Dropout Rate, School Districts
Maxwell, Lesli A. – Education Week, 2007
This article reports that education leaders in Los Angeles, faced with unrelenting pressure to raise anemic high school graduation rates, are turning to YouTube, MySpace, text messaging, and the radio waves to reach students at risk of dropping out of school and lure back thousands who have already left. The Los Angeles Unified School…
Descriptors: High School Students, Dropouts, High Risk Students, Social Networks
