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Los Angeles City Schools, CA. – 1961
WORK EXPERIENCE EDUCATION ENABLES THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT TO BE EMPLOYED UNDER SCHOOL SUPERVISION WHILE CONTINUING HIS EDUCATION IN SCHOOL. THE REPORT POINTS OUT THE SUCCESS AND THE BENEFITS OF SUCH A PROGRAM TO THE STUDENT, THE EMPLOYER AND THE COMMUNITY. THE EVALUATION IS BASED ON THE SCHOOL YEAR 1960-61 AND 4,900 STUDENTS AND 43 HIGH SCHOOLS IN…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, High School Students, Job Placement, Program Evaluation
Peer reviewedSchmidt, Wesley I.; Dykeman, Bruce F. – Education, 1979
Using a randomized two group pre-test/post-test research design, the study found that (1) significant results occurred on those variables measuring levels of vocational maturity, days of school attendance, and numbers of disciplinary referrals and (2) non-significant results occurred on those variables measuring proportions of students dropping…
Descriptors: Career Education, Dropout Prevention, Potential Dropouts, Program Effectiveness
Download full textDetroit Public Schools, MI. Dept. of Research and Development. – 1968
A project to provide in-school work experiences for 14 and 15 year old junior high school students was conducted for the purpose of: (1) encouraging them to remain in school after the age of 16, (2) improving their school attendance and scholastic achievement, (3) providing opportunities for growth in the ability to work and explore aspects of the…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Prevention, Followup Studies, Junior High School Students
Frankel, Steven M. – 1973
This document summarizes the significant findings, overall methodology, and policy recommendations for the Assessment of School Supervised Work Education Programs. It consists of material contained in the Data Analysis Report together with a description of the analysis model developed for each respondent group. Individual predictor items were…
Descriptors: Cooperative Education, Dropout Prevention, Models, On the Job Training
Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1973
This document reports the results of a study to determine whether changes made in the Neighborhood Youth Corps' in-school component helped to decrease the school dropout rate among participants. Surveys of programs in Harris County, Texas, Norfolk, Virginia, and the Washington metropolitan area provided the data. Overall findings suggest that the…
Descriptors: Administration, Career Development, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Prevention
Tehle, Dave; Anderson, Jacqueline – 1976
The work experience career exploration program (WECEP), a junior high school alternative education program for potential school dropouts, was implemented at Ben Franklin Junior High School in the Fargo, North Dakota, school district during the 1975-76 school year. Patterned after vocational education cooperative work experience programs, WECEP is…
Descriptors: Career Exploration, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Prevention, Instructor Coordinators
Fielstra, Clarence; Chrispin, Barbara Rosenquist – 1972
The most difficult problem to be solved by this demonstration project was the high dropout rate in the target schools. More than half of the students routinely dropped out in the tenth grade, leading to the decision to start the program at that level in an effort to hold potential dropouts by stimulating their interest in health-care occupations.…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Career Counseling, Clinical Experience, Demonstration Programs
Detroit Board of Education, MI. – 1972
The Job Upgrading Program helps school dropouts and potential dropouts either return to or adjust to the regular school program or become prepared for the world of work. Trainees are given the opportunity to take an abbreviated school program, receive highly individualized personal counseling, learn about the factors for achieving success in a…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Counseling Services, Curriculum Development, Disadvantaged Youth
Woolfolk, E. Mansfield – 1971
Funded under ESEA Title I, this program was designed to provide income and work experience for disadvantaged junior high school youths age fourteen and above; and, to provide incentives which would motivate youths to continue their education through high school. The wages earned were intended to enable the student to provide for some of his…
Descriptors: Attendance Records, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Characteristics
Grannis, Joseph; And Others – 1989
This document comprises part 2 of a two-part evaluation of the third-year implementation of the New York City Board of Education's 3-year high school Dropout Prevention Initiative (DPI). It consists of reports on 8 special substudies of the program in year 3 (part 1 describes the DPI and presents the evaluation findings and recommendations.) The…
Descriptors: Black Students, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, High Risk Students
MOORE, JAMES W. – 1963
STEP IS A PART-TIME SCHOOL, PART-TIME WORK PROGRAM DESIGNED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF POTENTIAL SCHOOL DROPOUTS 15 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER. PUPILS ATTEND SCHOOL IN THE MORNING AND WORK IN THE AFTERNOONS. THE TEACHER-COORDINATOR PLAYS A CRUCIAL ROLE AND MEETS WITH A GROUP OF 15 TO 20 PUPILS DAILY TO "ORIENT" THEM TO SCHOOL AND WORK EXPERIENCES.…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Dropout Prevention, Job Training, Part Time Employment
Sarthory, Joseph A. – 1971
The Neighborhood Youth Corp projects, a pilot program funded by the Department of Labor Manpower Development and Training Act, enrolled 81 economically disadvantaged high school students in a program involving summer employment, educational and social enrichment, and familiarization with the world of work. The primary purpose of the program was to…
Descriptors: Attendance Records, Compensatory Education, Counseling Services, Dropout Prevention
Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1980
The Youth Incentive Entitlement Pilot Projects were designed to test whether guaranteed part-time jobs during the school year and full-time jobs in the summer would induce economically disadvantaged youths to remain in or return to school. The General Accounting Office (GAO) found that most worksites provided adequate experiences. Others, however,…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Prevention, Dropouts
Ball, Joseph; And Others – 1980
The Youth Incentive Entitlement Pilot Projects were set up to aid disadvantaged youths, ages 16 to 19, by guaranteeing them a part-time job during the school year and a full-time job during summer months on the condition that they remain in, or return to, a secondary school or enroll in an equivalent education program. The program was started in…
Descriptors: Definitions, Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Prevention
Seattle Public Schools, WA. Career Planning Center. – 1968
The Career Planning Center was an education-work-counseling program designed to accommodate 50 boys, ages 16-18, who are residents within the Seattle School District. The purpose of the program was to help the low-achieving young adults and potential dropouts to remain in school and to assist them in determining and accomplishing meaningful goals.…
Descriptors: Counseling Services, Dropout Prevention, Employment Programs, High School Students
