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Boyer, Kristy Elizabeth, Ed.; Yudelson, Michael, Ed. – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2018
The 11th International Conference on Educational Data Mining (EDM 2018) is held under the auspices of the International Educational Data Mining Society at the Templeton Landing in Buffalo, New York. This year's EDM conference was highly competitive, with 145 long and short paper submissions. Of these, 23 were accepted as full papers and 37…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Data Analysis, Computer Science Education, Program Proposals
Sheridan School District 2, Englewood, CO. – 1973
Project Outreach, funded under Title VIII of Public Law 90-247, is a comprehensive five year program to introduce basic and widespread changes in Sheridan School District organization, curriculum offerings, pupil services, and teacher training. Project Outreach will bring about a complete transformation of the present Sheridan Public Schools. By…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
Hocking, Elton – Foreign Language Beacon, 1967
Attention is focused on (1) the chronic failure to attract a larger percentage of the student population, especially male students, and (2) the perennially high rate of attrition in intermediate and advanced language courses in secondary schools. The merits of offering the teaching of contemporary foreign culture as an alternative to the…
Descriptors: Cultural Education, Dropout Prevention, Dropouts, Enrollment Influences
Kearns, John R.; And Others – 1990
Pursuant to a mandate and funding from the Ontario Ministry of Education, the Board of Education for the City of London, Ontario developed the London Project in which they implemented the philosophy of "invitational education" (Purkey and Novak, 1984) to address the problem of secondary school students dropping out before graduation.…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Educational Attitudes, Educational Environment, Educational Objectives
Powell, J. P., Ed.; Wilson, Michael, Ed. – 1974
Papers and proposals resulting from educational and rural development fieldwork in the highlands of Papua New Guinea by the education staff and students of the University of Papua New Guinea are included in this collection. Providing essential background knowledge necessary for formulating solutions to the complex and politically sensitive issues…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Change Strategies, Children
Cabrera, M.; And Others – 1979
An alternative high school is proposed to meet the needs of the substantial number of Yuma students who are dropping out of school at increasing rates. In the period from 1974 to 1978 enrollment at Yuma's 2 high schools increased by only 8% while the drop-out rate increased by 56%. Enrollment figures show that the drop-out rate is highest in grade…
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Career Development, Declining Enrollment, Discipline Problems
Washington Office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Olympia. – 1983
In 1982-83, the 18 school districts and 1 tribe receiving Johnson O'Malley funds for American Indian education in Washington attempted to increase reading and mathematics proficiency, improve Native American high school graduation rates, and promote cultural awareness activities in schools with high Native American enrollments. By limiting their…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Attendance Patterns, Cultural Awareness, Dropouts