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Peer reviewedJohnson, Harlan R. – Clearing House, 1982
Reviews various alternative education programs. Argues that educators need to balance the alternatives offered within a school district, giving choices to a wide range of student abilities, not just to potential dropouts. (FL)
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropouts, Educational Philosophy
Peer reviewedKagan, Dona – Clearing House, 1988
Describes a study comparing profiles of students identified subjectively by teachers as at-risk to profiles of students who dropped out and to "normal" students. Results suggest that teachers judgement is influenced by the make up of the entire class and more objective assessment instruments should be used. (SD)
Descriptors: Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Evaluation Criteria, High Risk Students
Peer reviewedMcDonald, Neill; Wright, Elizabeth – Clearing House, 1987
Describes the Meaningful Other Person (MOP) program instituted at a North Carolina ninth grade center that reduced the dropout rate by 50 percent. (FL)
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Grade 9, Program Content
Peer reviewedDelaney, Bruce; Corbett, Wellesley T. – Clearing House, 1994
Describes a program in which high school students in a dropout-prevention program made twice-weekly visits to work as volunteers at a school that includes students with multiple, severe disabilities. (SR)
Descriptors: Community Services, Cooperative Programs, Dropout Prevention, High Risk Students
Peer reviewedMinkler, Roy – Clearing House, 1980
This article describes a pilot program to identify students with irregular attendance and to coordinate follow-up services for them. (SJL)
Descriptors: Attendance, Coordination, Dropout Prevention, High Schools
Peer reviewedMcMillan, James H.; Reed, Daisy F. – Clearing House, 1994
Integrates existing literature with the authors' research that examines resiliency (students in danger of dropping out of school who are able to develop stable, healthy personas and are able to recover from or adapt to life's stresses or problems). Suggests a model to explain resiliency that can be used to better understand why these students have…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Research
Peer reviewedCohen, Stewart – Clearing House, 1969
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attitude Change, Creative Teaching, Dropout Prevention
Peer reviewedDorrell, Larry D. – Clearing House, 1989
Describes the Career Exploratory Program, a successful alternative program developed at Mexico Senior High School, Missouri, for ninth and tenth grade students considered to be potential drop-outs, and based on hands-on, prevocational courses in core skill areas. (SR)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Career Exploration, Dropout Prevention, High Risk Students
Peer reviewedTurkel, Susan B.; Abramson, Theodore – Clearing House, 1986
Reports on high schools' efforts to break the academic failure cycle and prevent drop-outs. Describes and reports the outcomes of the peer tutoring/mentoring pilot program developed as part of a major collaborative effort between the City University of New York and the New York City Board of Education. (JK)
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Higher Education
Peer reviewedSilverman, Stuart – Clearing House, 1978
FOCUS is an alternative school program for alienated high school students, designed to prevent them from dropping out. The key components of the program are discussed. (KC)
Descriptors: Costs, Dropout Prevention, Group Counseling, Nontraditional Education
Peer reviewedKeller, Arnold J. – Clearing House, 1977
At Egbert Junior High School on Staten Island a pilot project--the Cooperative Education program--has managed to survive the rash of program cutbacks and elimination occurring in New York City public schools. Describes the reasons for its success by evaluating two very distinctive characteristics--its cooperative work program on a junior high…
Descriptors: Career Education, Dropout Prevention, Junior High Schools, Program Descriptions
