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Hayden, Carol; Blaya, Catherine – International Journal on School Disaffection, 2008
It is argued that the social control function of education and training is becoming increasingly explicit in England and France. Education and training can be viewed as a form of custody for young people, with enforced participation post 16 planned in the near future in England. Compulsory education for this age group is not currently planned in…
Descriptors: Compulsory Education, Foreign Countries, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
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Montecel, 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