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Download full textAscher, Carol; Flaxman, Erwin – 1987
This paper reviews the literature on urban school dropouts and the experiences of superintendents in attempting to lower the dropout rate. The paper is divided into two major sections. Part I examines how a mixture of societal, community, family and other influences increase the chances that an at-risk student will experience little success in…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropout Rate
Southard, Margarida F. – 1991
In the 1989-90 school year, 13 dropout prevention programs were implemented in the Leon County (Florida) School District. The Comprehensive Dropout Prevention Program (CDPP) for Leon County schools included Educational Alternatives Programs, a Teenage Parent Program, a Substance Abuse Program, and Youth Services Programs. This report presents…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Attitudes, Counseling, Disadvantaged Youth
Virginia State Dept. of Education, Richmond. – 1993
This second interim report presents evaluation results from Project Youth Experiencing Success (YES) and documents a decrease in the Virginia statewide event-dropout rate in grades 7 through 12 from 4.8 percent during the 1988-89 school year to 3.3 percent during the 1991-92 year. Event-dropout rates measure the proportion of students who drop out…
Descriptors: Ability, At Risk Persons, Case Studies, College School Cooperation
