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Direct linkMontecel, Maria Robledo – International Journal on School Disaffection, 2008
Intercultural Development Research Association (IDRA) is an independent, non-profit organization with a vision for schools that work for all children. It partnered with Coca-Cola in 1984 and began a dropout prevention program just as it was conducting the first comprehensive study of school dropouts in Texas. Its annual studies since then have…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Foreign Countries, Economic Development, Tutors
Peer reviewedWild, Linda; Ebbers, Larry – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2002
States that student retention is significant for measuring institutional effectiveness in the prevailing environment of accountability and budgetary constraints. Presents recommendations for increasing retention, including training staff on retention issues, reviewing admission and advising strategies affecting minority populations, and piloting…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Community Colleges, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
Benson, Stephen A.; And Others – NCA Quarterly, 1996
Describes Project Kid-Save, a program designed by Arizona's Monument Valley High School to provide a safety net for failing students and to support adoption of the North Central Association's outcomes accreditation approach. Reviews the program's five components and evaluates the relative success of each. (11 citations) (MAB)
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Educational Improvement, High School Students
Charleston County School District, SC. Div. of Curriculum and Instruction. – 1990
"A Vision for the Future," a comprehensive long-range plan to develop, implement, and evaluate a multipart program to reduce the dropout rate in the Charleston, South Carolina, school district, is described in this report. Goals and objectives are presented, followed by a description of 18 intervention strategies. Components of the plan…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade Repetition
Download full textSherman, Renee Z.; Sherman, Joel D. – 1991
Specific goals of this study of the national dropout problem are to: (1) define the problem; (2) identify demographic characteristics of dropouts; (3) describe economic and social consequences; (4) identify programs and practices that prevent students from dropping out; (5) identify federal and state initiatives; and (6) identify private sector…
Descriptors: Demography, Demonstration Programs, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
Valisno, Mona D. – 1982
Education should not be thought of as being confined within traditional, formal education, but as embracing all learning processes and activities. Formal and informal systems of learning have specific roles to play within the educational process, while maintaining close cooperative linkages with each other. In other words, education is a lifelong…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Credentials, Dropout Programs
