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Download full textWilkins, Julia – National Dropout Prevention Center for Students with Disabilities, 2011
High school students with disabilities who drop out are costly to society. Compared to those who graduate, they are more likely to be unemployed, dependent on public services, and involved in the criminal justice system. Consequently, helping students with disabilities graduate has become a prominent national concern. Students with disabilities…
Descriptors: High School Students, Dropouts, Disabilities, Reentry Students
Wilkins, Julia – National Dropout Prevention Center for Students with Disabilities, 2011
High school students with disabilities who drop out are costly to society. Compared to those who graduate, they are more likely to be unemployed, dependent on public services, and involved in the criminal justice system. Consequently, helping students with disabilities graduate has become a prominent national concern. Students with disabilities…
Descriptors: High School Students, Dropouts, Disabilities, Reentry Students
Wilkins, Julia – National Dropout Prevention Center for Students with Disabilities, 2011
High school students with disabilities who drop out are costly to society. Compared to those who graduate, they are more likely to be unemployed, dependent on public services, and involved in the criminal justice system. Consequently, helping students with disabilities graduate has become a prominent national concern. Students with disabilities…
Descriptors: High School Students, Dropouts, Disabilities, Reentry Students
Direct linkAlliance for Excellent Education, 2010
"Straight A's: Public Education Policy and Progress" is a biweekly newsletter that focuses on education news and events both in Washington, DC and around the country. The following articles are included in this issue: (1) To Be Continued: Congress Passes Continuing Resolution to Keep Government Running, Buys Time to Pass Appropriations…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Education Work Relationship, Public Education, Newsletters
Cinal, Terry Lynn – 1982
This document reviews the literature on elementary and secondary school dropouts and notes the effects and possible solutions to the dropout problem. Statistical findings about dropouts from the 1960's to the present are presented along with methods of predicting who the dropouts will be. Dropout characteristics, including psychological, social,…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Annotated Bibliographies, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention
Levin, Benjamin – 1991
Very little attention has been given in Canadian education to "second chance" education to enable people to return to school to complete their educations. Education is a responsibility of the provincial governments in Canada; there is no Federal Government or unit specifically dealing with education. Although policy can vary greatly…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Adult Students, Dropout Programs, Elementary Secondary Education
