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South Carolina State Dept. of Education, Columbia. – 1990
Federal funding sources available to school districts for meeting the needs of at-risk students are listed in this document. Each source is grouped according to its dropout prevention and retrieval strategy. These strategies include school-site management; student-oriented, teacher-oriented, and collaborative approaches; structured intervention…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Dropout Prevention, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid
Download full textFeld, Marcia Marker; And Others – 1987
Responding to the high dropout rate in Providence, Rhode Island, public schools, community agencies, businesses, and teachers and administrators from the public schools joined together to form the Providence Dropout Prevention Collaborative. This document summarizes the study research, prevention plan, and implementation. The first chapter…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Cooperative Programs, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention
Dade County Public Schools, Miami, FL. – 1985
Seventeen activities or programs conducted in the Dade County (Florida) public elementary and secondary schools in order to reduce or prevent dropout are described in this resource guide. The programs activities include: (1) workshops to develop school-based dropout prevention programs; (2) "Students Working Intelligently to Combat High…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Compensatory Education, Counseling Services, Delinquency Prevention
Holbrook, Lois, Comp. – 1989
This resource directory presents profiles of 86 programs serving at-risk students at all grade levels in Vermont schools in order to share useful information about current programs and services. Educators and others can benefit from considering programs and practices already in place and adopting or adapting these to meet the need of their…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Educationally Disadvantaged
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Div. of Occupational Education Programs. – 1989
This casebook has been compiled in response to the expressed need of administrators, counselors, and teachers of occupational education in New York State to share knowledge about programs and initiatives that are successful in helping at-risk students remain in school and graduate with sound occupational skills. Each initiative described in this…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Exploration, Cooperative Education, Dropout Prevention
American Association of State Colleges and Universities, Washington, DC. – 1994
This volume contains descriptions of programs for student success and retention at 68 state colleges and universities in the United States. Each institution is a participant in the National Retention Project, a research-based project working within broader campus cultures that are committed to providing access and success to students traditionally…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, College Environment, College Programs
PDF pending restorationSouthwest Educational Development Lab., Austin, TX. – 1993
This directory describes programs for serving at-risk students in rural small schools in Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. Section 1 lists 72 programs by state, including 8 programs that were added to the directory in 1995. Each entry includes target population; a brief description of program features; the school/community…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Early Childhood Education, Educational Practices
