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Direct linkPorowski, Allan; Passa, Aikaterini – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2011
Communities In Schools, Inc. (CIS) is a nationwide initiative designed to connect needed community resources with schools to help students, particularly those identified as at-risk, successfully learn, stay in school, and prepare for life. As part of a comprehensive 5-year national evaluation of CIS, ICF International conducted a school-level…
Descriptors: High Schools, Graduation Rate, Dropout Rate, Community Resources
Peer reviewedRossi, Robert J.; Vergun, Pamela B.; Weise, Larry J. – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 1997
Describes the Cooperative Alternative Program (CAP), Coleman (Texas), an example of the way a rural high school for at-risk students has established a sense of community while improving the achievement of its rural students. This case study shows how CAP faced its economic and collaborative challenges. (SLD)
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Involvement, Dropout Programs, Economic Factors
Peer reviewedCoppock, Marjorie L. – Equity & Excellence in Education, 1995
Describes a pilot mentoring program that involved 19 college students working with preadolescent and adolescent at-risk Hispanic youth in a Texas border city. The program, which consisted of 10 weekly classes in citizenship awareness and community participation and involvement, focused on dropout prevention and preparation for citizenship. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Citizenship Education, College Students, Community Involvement
Grannis, Joseph C. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1991
Project Achieve, New York City's new dropout prevention program, might benefit from the failures of the city's earlier Dropout Prevention Initiative. Project Achieve will organize all ninth and tenth grade students into houses, integrate support and academic staff, and achieve maximum personnel continuity throughout a student's high school career.…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Dropout Programs, Goal Orientation, Guidance Programs
