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Download full textHunsaker, Alan C. – 1982
The study examined whether a change in school site affected the school attendance of 13 male Chicano gang members, 13 to 18 years of age, admitted to a community-based delinquency and gang violence prevention project. Since an active Alternative Studies Program, designed for students with special learning problems or for working students, already…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adolescents, Attendance, Dropout Prevention
Guardiola, Gloria – 1983
Established in 1970 and operated by the Association for the Advancement of Mexican Americans, the George I. Sanchez Junior Senior High School (Houston, Texas) is an alternative school for Hispanics in grades 7-12. The school, staffed originally by volunteers, acquired a full-time executive director in 1973, established relations whith the Houston…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Curriculum Development, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
Barrios, Alfred A. – 1997
A comprehensive program for dealing with some of the key factors causing school dropout is described and evaluated. The Magic of the Mind program has four basic components, each addressing one of the following: (1) building self-efficacy in students; (2) teaching students learning skills; (3) teaching stress management to the students; and (4)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Community Colleges, Dropout Prevention
Wages, Sherry; And Others – 1969
In an effort to determine variables related to Mexican American school dropouts' decisions to quit school and their orientations toward further educational attainment, personal interviews were conducted in 1967 with 74 Mexican American high school dropouts residing in 4 rural south Texas counties. The variables examined included (1) decision to…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Aspiration, Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Characteristics
Denham, Alice, Ed. – 1987
This proceedings report presents dropout statistics, descriptions of prevention programs, and recommendations for future efforts. After an introduction to the dropout problem, the proceedings contains transcripts of welcomes and greetings from the mayor of Lubbock and officials from Texas Tech's College of Education, the State Board of Education,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Costs, Dropout Prevention
Fink, Mary, Ed.; And Others – Real Talk, 1993
This bilingual newsletter (English and Spanish) provides information to migrant youth who have dropped out of school. Typical newsletter articles focus on the importance of education and include items describing the experiences of migrant youth who have obtained their G.E.D. or enrolled in vocational or college programs. Topics treated include…
Descriptors: Career Planning, Decision Making Skills, Dropout Programs, Dropouts
Fink, Mary, Ed. – Real Talk, 1994
This series of bilingual newsletters (English and Spanish) provides information to migrant youth who have dropped out of school. Newsletters describe the experiences of migrant youth who have obtained their General Educational Development (GED) certificate or have enrolled in vocational or college programs. Other topics treated in this volume…
Descriptors: Career Planning, Careers, Dropout Programs, Dropouts
