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Expanding the Boundaries: Pilot Programs Established by the 71st Texas Legislature. Final Report from the State Board of Education.

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Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1992

The 71st Texas Legislature established several pilot programs for the 1989-90 and 1990-91 school years with the aim of improving the academic performance of and reducing the dropout rate of public school students. This report combines information about pilot programs from these 2 school years with cost surveys and descriptions of the programs.…

Descriptors: Dropout Programs, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Pilot Projects

Dropping Out.

Strother, Deborah Burnett – Phi Delta Kappan, 1986

Reports on the results of several major studies of high school dropouts. Topics addressed are who drops out and why; school-related causes; and prevention policies and programs. Stresses the urgency of addressing the nationwide dropout problem and recommends courses of action. Appended are 19 references. (IW)

Descriptors: Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropout Rate