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Download full textAllen, 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
D'Amico, Ronald; Kimball, Mary; Midling, Michael; Smith, Pamela L.; Bruno, A. Lee; Johnson, Michele L. – 2000
This report presents findings regarding design and implementation of school-to-work (STW) efforts in Job Corps Model Centers. Following an introduction, Chapter two argues that Jobs Corps constitutes a natural context for implementing STW systems because its traditional practices to some degree provide a solid foundation on which to lay STW…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Competency Based Education, Disadvantaged, Education Work Relationship
Fetterman, David M. – 1981
A study identified causal linkages and basic interrelationships among components of the Career Intern Program (CIP) and observed outcomes. (The CIP is an alternative high school designed to enable disadvantaged and alienated dropouts or potential dropouts to earn regular high school diplomas, to prepare them for meaningful employment or…
Descriptors: Career Education, Counseling Services, Curriculum, Dropout Prevention
