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Download full textKearns, John R.; And Others – 1990
Pursuant to a mandate and funding from the Ontario Ministry of Education, the Board of Education for the City of London, Ontario developed the London Project in which they implemented the philosophy of "invitational education" (Purkey and Novak, 1984) to address the problem of secondary school students dropping out before graduation.…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Educational Attitudes, Educational Environment, Educational Objectives
Washington Office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Olympia. – 1983
In 1982-83, the 18 school districts and 1 tribe receiving Johnson O'Malley funds for American Indian education in Washington attempted to increase reading and mathematics proficiency, improve Native American high school graduation rates, and promote cultural awareness activities in schools with high Native American enrollments. By limiting their…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Attendance Patterns, Cultural Awareness, Dropouts
