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Download full textHartmann, Tracey; Good, Deborah; Edmunds, Kimberly – Afterschool Matters, 2011
"Exito" means "success" in Spanish, so it is a fitting name for a dropout prevention program. Set in a large neighborhood high school in a low-income, largely Latino section of Philadelphia, Exito supports ninth- and tenth-grade students who are at risk of dropping out of school by providing them with afterschool programming…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, Dropouts, After School Programs, Program Implementation
Direct linkFurstenberg, Frank F., Jr.; Neumark, David – Education Economics, 2007
We study a set of programs implemented in Philadelphia high schools that focus on boosting high school graduation, and especially college attendance, using data from the Philadelphia Educational Longitudinal Study (PELS). We examine the effects of these programs on a set of schooling-related outcomes during and after high school. The PELS data-set…
Descriptors: High Schools, Urban Schools, School Districts, Graduation
Providence Dropout Prevention Collaborative, RI. – 1994
Today, over 70 percent of the students of the Providence (Rhode Island) public schools are people of color. The dropout rate in Providence has been steadily decreasing over the last decade, but it remains high, ranked 16th among large cities in 1992. Race and ethnicity are relevant factors in scholastic achievement in Providence, and for that…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Disadvantaged Youth
