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Download full textWilliams, Thelma M. – 1967
This report evaluates a program designed to develop a new curriculum for disadvantaged eighth and ninth grade students in New York City who were performing poorly in school (academically, socially, emotionally) and who appeared likely to become school dropouts. The evaluation--representing the work of a multidiscipline team of specialists in…
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Guides, Disadvantaged Youth
Teaching and Learning Research Corp., New York, NY. – 1970
The purpose of the Benjamin Franklin Urban League Street Academy Program is to help students stay in school, help dropouts to return to school, or help students enter the job market. The program was evaluated in three categories: East Side Cluster Service, summer enrichment, and educational programs. The major evaluation objectives were to…
Descriptors: Counseling Services, Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Prevention
Jablonsky, Adelaide, Ed. – 1970
This annotated bibliography, the first of a series of five reports of selected literature included in the ERIC system, three of which have been completed, carries a short review on the causes and characteristics of the school dropout, and of special groups of dropouts listed in the bibliography section. Approximately a third of the annotated list…
Descriptors: American Indians, Annotated Bibliographies, Black Students, Disadvantaged Youth
Jablonsky, Adelaide, Ed. – 1970
The second of a series of five reports of selected literature included in the ERIC system (three of which have been completed), this bibliography carries extensive annotations, and a brief review of program descriptions and evaluations relating to the school dropout. The bibliographical listing is in four sections: state and city reports, programs…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Counseling Services, Delinquency, Disadvantaged Youth
Erickson, Edsel; Hamler, Bev – 1972
The major objective of the Street Academy Program, funded under Title I of the 1965 Elementary Secondary Education Act, is to help students stay in schools, or to help dropouts return to school or enter the world of work prepared and motivated to adjust and achieve satisfactorily. The Academy services approximately 500 high school students who…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention
Lowe, Phyllis K.; And Others – Forecast for Home Economics, 1970
Describes the results of two experimental home economics courses for potential dropouts in inner city schools, the courses having been developed and tested in a cooperative research project. (JM)
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Experimental Curriculum
Bly, Ervin; Anderson, Floyd L. – 1969
Prepared by an instructor and a curriculum development specialist, this course of study was designed to meet the individual needs of the dropout and/or hard-core unemployed youth by providing skill training, related information, and supportive services knowledge about offset printing. The course provides training in offset printing and related…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Course Descriptions, Course Objectives, Curriculum Guides
Frazier, William Donald – 1966
This study was conducted to compare the effectiveness of two types of vocational education programs in improving students' social and vocational adjustment and success. In a comparison between dropout rehabilitation and high school vocational graduates, 92 graduates of the Oklahoma City Manpower Development and Training Act (MDTA) Youth Program…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Comparative Analysis, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Programs
Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1973
This document reports the results of a study to determine whether changes made in the Neighborhood Youth Corps' in-school component helped to decrease the school dropout rate among participants. Surveys of programs in Harris County, Texas, Norfolk, Virginia, and the Washington metropolitan area provided the data. Overall findings suggest that the…
Descriptors: Administration, Career Development, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Prevention
Sheridan School District 2, Englewood, CO. – 1973
Project Outreach, funded under Title VIII of Public Law 90-247, is a comprehensive five year program to introduce basic and widespread changes in Sheridan School District organization, curriculum offerings, pupil services, and teacher training. Project Outreach will bring about a complete transformation of the present Sheridan Public Schools. By…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
Cantelon, Sharon; LeBoeuf, Donni – 1997
The National Center for Education Statistics reported that in 1992 approximately 4.5% of all high school students dropped out of grades 10 through 12, and 11% of all persons in the age group 16 through 24 had not completed high school and were not currently enrolled. The Communities in Schools (CIS) network is a web of local, state, and national…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Programs, Dropouts
Stanley, Robert W. – NASSP Bull, 1969
Descriptors: Counseling, Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Programs
Hunt, Edward B.; Anderson, Floyd L. – 1969
Prepared by an instructor and curriculum specialists, this course of study was designed to meet individual needs of the dropout and/or hard-core unemployed youth by providing skill training, related information, and supportive services knowledge in small engine maintenance and repair. Students enrolled in this course work independently on a…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Auto Mechanics, Course Descriptions, Course Objectives
Warmbrod, Catharine P. – 1970
Residential vocational school programs have been authorized in federal legislation, and a few have been established in spite of the lack of appropriated funds. The three acts in federal legislation of primary importance to residential schools are the Vocational Education Act of 1963, and 1968 Amendements and the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964.…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Disadvantaged Youth, Dormitories, Dropout Programs
Detroit Board of Education, MI. – 1972
The Job Upgrading Program helps school dropouts and potential dropouts either return to or adjust to the regular school program or become prepared for the world of work. Trainees are given the opportunity to take an abbreviated school program, receive highly individualized personal counseling, learn about the factors for achieving success in a…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Counseling Services, Curriculum Development, Disadvantaged Youth
