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Direct linkMontecel, Maria Robledo – International Journal on School Disaffection, 2008
Intercultural Development Research Association (IDRA) is an independent, non-profit organization with a vision for schools that work for all children. It partnered with Coca-Cola in 1984 and began a dropout prevention program just as it was conducting the first comprehensive study of school dropouts in Texas. Its annual studies since then have…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Foreign Countries, Economic Development, Tutors
Download full textBalentine, Vicki McLeod – 1997
The primary goal of a districtwide dropout-prevention program is to develop, implement, and enhance instructional and programmatic components that have proven effective in educational research and practice and thus resulted in fewer students dropping out of school prior to high school graduation. This paper describes the development and…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropout Rate, Dropouts
Department of Education, Washington, DC. – 1992
Answers to questions most often asked about the second National Education Goal are provided in this document. Goal 2 states that "by the year 2000, the high school graduation rate will increase to 90 percent." Among the areas covered are school strategies to improve graduation rates, community and business roles, incentives to stay in…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropout Rate, Dropouts
Hill, Sandra Kay; Bishop, Harold L. – 1993
A review of the literature related to the impact of vocational education on student retention determined that various types of vocational education programs and approaches have been successful in keeping students in school. Other research showed that vocational education played a role in student retention only when coupled with other components…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropout Research, Dropouts
Sherman, Renee Z.; Sherman, Joel D. – 1991
Specific goals of this study of the national dropout problem are to: (1) define the problem; (2) identify demographic characteristics of dropouts; (3) describe economic and social consequences; (4) identify programs and practices that prevent students from dropping out; (5) identify federal and state initiatives; and (6) identify private sector…
Descriptors: Demography, Demonstration Programs, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
Tallmadge, G. Kasten; Yuen, Sandra D. – 1981
A study assessed the impact of the Career Intern Program (CIP) on participating students. (The CIP is an alternative high school designed to enable disadvantaged and alienated dropouts or potential dropouts to earn regular high school diplomas, to prepare them for meaningful employment or postsecondary education, and to facilitate their transition…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Career Education, Case Studies, Dropout Prevention
