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Download full textMilitello, Ronald – 1969
Project H.E.L.P. is a promise to youth that we do care and that we will show we do. However, in innovating a program for dropouts, many concerns arise, as more difficulties arise. These areas of concern are: (1) the widespread adoption of the innovation which could take place only with the backing and support of the school board and administrative…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Projects, Student Projects
Urban Ed, Inc., New York, NY. – 1969
The Street Academy is a program designed to meet the dropout as an individual--to assist, help and support him continually in his daily life. The academies operate from store-fronts located in neighborhoods where there are large concentrations of school dropouts. They are staffed, at the minimum, by a project director, a street worker, and a…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropouts, Educational Change
Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park. Inst. for the Study of Adult Literacy. – 1993
A project sought to determine if reluctant learners, about 30 percent of the adult basic education (ABE) population, can be retained in ABE classes through accommodations in the program structure and more effective teacher/counselor intervention. The project was based on earlier research findings that most ABE learners who drop out do so in the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Cognitive Style, Dropout Prevention
Lunenburg, Fred C. – 2000
One of the most enduring challenges facing the public school system is decreasing the dropout rate. The highest rate of growth population in the future will be among the groups who are at greatest risk of dropping out of school. This paper outlines what school officials can do to decrease the dropout rate. The suggestions for dropout prevention…
Descriptors: Career Academies, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropout Rate
Faddis, Constance R. – 1988
This booklet for dropout prevention team members is part of a series of program materials for a school-based intervention process to help at-risk students stay in school. Team members may include teachers, health care workers, parents, counselors, community volunteers, employers, or other caring adults. An introduction lists specific…
Descriptors: Career Education, Classroom Techniques, Counseling, Dropout Prevention
Sutherland, Maura B.; MacMillan, Robert C. – 2001
This paper reviews research on best practices for preventing students with mild disabilities from dropping out of high school. Findings from the literature review indicate there is a consensus among the researchers that warning signs for school dropout among students with mild disabilities include: poor attendance, academic difficulties,…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention
