Standard High School Diplomas for School Dropouts.

Kimmel, Stephen P.; Baker, Stanley B.

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Publication Date: 1983

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Standard High School Diplomas for School Dropouts.

Kimmel, Stephen P.; Baker, Stanley B.

Education, v103 n4 p369-71 Sum 1983

Since school dropouts who receive the General Education Diploma are discriminated against because they do not possess a standard high school diploma, a plan is presented that recognizes such discrimination and provides a process for making standard diplomas available to dropouts in special education and general categories of intelligence. (MH)

Descriptors: Adult Education, Dropout Programs, Dropouts, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Graduation Requirements, High School Equivalency Programs, Individualized Instruction, Negative Attitudes, Performance Contracts, Social Discrimination

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