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Direct linkSlavkin, Michael; Braysmith, Hilary; Faust, Norma – School-University Partnerships, 2010
The purpose of this article is to review a partnership between a teacher education department and a dropout prevention program. The partnership developed from a variety of communities' needs, no less of which was that of reconnecting marginalized youth at a local dropout prevention school with their community through cultural and civic…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Schools of Education, Dropout Programs
Munoz, Marco A. – 2002
This study analyzes the non-academic impact of a program for at-risk students within an urban alternative high school. The Jefferson County Public Schools, Kentucky, work on the premise that prevention is a key part of safety net strategies for at-risk students. Liberty High School is an alternative safety net high school intended to develop a…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, Behavior Problems, Cost Effectiveness, 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
Owen, Jenni, Ed.; Rosch, Joel, Ed.; Muschkin, Clara, Ed.; Alexander, Jana, Ed.; Wyant, Casey, Ed. – Center for Child and Family Policy, Duke University (NJ1), 2008
The reason that the school dropout crisis is now referred to as a "silent epidemic" is because, when we weren't paying attention, the graduation rate in our country slipped to a level that threatens the very health and well-being of our society. Each year, almost one-third of all public high school students--and nearly one-half of all…
Descriptors: High Schools, Dropout Programs, Graduation Rate, Dropout Prevention
Gruskin, Susan J.; Campbell, Mary A.; Paulu, Nancy – 1987
The number of dropouts is increasing and is particularly high in urban areas and among minority students. Dropouts earn less over their lifetimes, are in poorer health, and do not have the technological skills needed for newly-developing jobs. The federal government, the private sector, and educators have made serious commitments to bring down the…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Community Role, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
City Univ. of New York, NY. City Coll. – 1988
The second annual Staying-in-School-Partnership Program (SSPP) conference, "Successful Schooling for the At-Risk Student: Ideas for Practitioners," brought representatives from the ten SSPP programs together with representatives from New York State and New York City Attendance Improvement/Dropout Prevention (AIDP) programs, the New York…
Descriptors: Attendance, College School Cooperation, Cooperative Programs, Dropout Prevention
