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Gross, Beatrice – Phi Delta Kappan, 1990
The principal of a Louisville, Kentucky, alternative high school uses a "come when you can" schedule, a promise of success, and a high school diploma rather than a General Education Development certificate to entice would-be dropouts and pushouts to finish their education. Highly individualized and computer-assisted programs make the…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Individualized Instruction
Ramirez, Al – Executive Educator, 1990
Programs to encourage dropouts to finish school need to overcome the roadblocks of credits, time, and support services. Highlights nine specific hallmarks of effective dropout prevention programs gleaned from a study of 479 programs titled: "School Dropouts: Survey of Local Programs." (MLF)
Descriptors: Dropout Programs, Dropouts, High Schools, Program Effectiveness
Natale, Jo Anna – Executive Educator, 1990
Brief descriptions of what four school systems are doing to keep students in school or get them back once they have dropped out. The systems are located in Colorado Springs, Colorado; Washoe County, Nevada; Renton, Washington; and Central York School District, Pennsylvania. (MLF)
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropouts, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedBrown, Karen; Chavkin, Nancy Feyl – School Community Journal, 1991
To improve its alarming dropout rate, a southwestern Texas school district instituted the PRIDE Center, an alternative high school featuring self-paced curricula and flexible timetables for beginning and completing coursework. School social workers formed an ancillary coalition of community, business, and family forces to support prevention,…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Cooperative Programs, Dropout Programs, Guidelines
Peer reviewedO'Hara, Peggy; Parris, Donald; Fichtner, Ronald R.; Oster, Robert – Journal of Drug Education, 1998
Surveys alcohol and drug-use behaviors in relation to HIV/AIDS risk among 212 youth in dropout-prevention programs. Alcohol and drug use and age of sexual initiation are significantly associated with high risk. HIV/AIDS-prevention programs need to target alcohol and drug use as important influences on risky sexual behavior. (MKA)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adolescents, Drinking, Dropout Programs
Download full textBerkins, Cynthia Lawry; Kritsonis, William Allan – Online Submission, 2007
Over the last decade, between 347,000 and 544,000 10th- through 12th-grade students left school each year without successfully completing a high school program Status dropout rates represent the proportion of young people ages 16 through 24 who are out of school and who have not earned a high school credential. Status rates are higher than event…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Curriculum Evaluation, Dropout Research, Dropout Programs
Dickerson, Richard; And Others – 1986
The first section of this report provides information comparing selected dropout data from the Virginia State Department of Education's publication "Facing Up" for the years 1980-1985. The report states that the comparisons were made to show the need to continue efforts to reduce the number of dropouts and to provide programs for those…
Descriptors: Dropout Programs, Dropout Rate, Dropout Research, Dropouts
Greene, Brenda Z. – Updating School Board Policies, 1986
Nine distinct programs aimed at reducing the dropout rate and bringing "at-risk" students back into the educational mainstream are described in this publication. The document first notes the social and economic costs to the nation of students dropping out before completing high school. The report then describes changes in Wisconsin's attendance…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropouts, High Risk Students
National School Safety Center, Sacramento, CA. – 1986
Strategies for preventing or responding to truancy and dropping out of school are offered in this resource paper. The document's first few pages draw on statistics from around the United States to illustrate the magnitude of the problem in terms of both its scope and its consequences. The paper then turns to its major focus, strategies to increase…
Descriptors: Attendance, Change Strategies, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
Croxall, Allen – 1988
Across Canada almost 40 percent of youth drop out and do not finish high school. Young people feel they can drop out of school and find a job tomorrow that will pay them enough so they can continue the lifestyle to which they are accustomed. However, unemployment rates for individuals between the ages of 15 and 24 are high. There are people who…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropouts, Employment Programs
Kohn, Jackie – Reading Newsreport, 1973
Describes "Project Emerge," a dropout prevention program in Dayton, Ohio which is designed to remedy reading deficiencies. (RB)
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Reading Difficulty, Reading Improvement
Mitchell, Joyce Slayton – Sch Counselor, 1969
Descriptors: Correspondence Study, Dropout Programs, Education, Educational Innovation
Edwards, Hugh F. – 1979
At Coffee High School in Douglas, Georgia, a needs assessment committee recommended the replacement of the traditional nine-month program with a quarter system using longer class sessions and allowing more individual attention. The committee members chose the Better Learning Opportunities for Children (BLOC) Program. Implementation involved…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Curriculum Development, Discipline Problems, Dropout Programs
Algier, Ann S. – 1972
The purpose of this study is to determine the effects of an academic support program on students who had been terminated from Eastern Kentucky University because of academic failure. Specifically it: (1) investigates the effect of improvement in reading comprehension, vocabulary and rate on grade point achievement after students participated in a…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Dropout Programs, Failure, Group Counseling
Furbee, Jack W. – 1972
The Continuing Education by Tutorial Assistance (CETA) program was implemented by Olivet Nazarene College and sponsored by Kankakee Community College, Kankakee, Illinois. The objective of the program was to reach black, high school students who were likely to drop out of school. Evaluation was accomplished by pairing 35 tutees with 35 nontutees.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Continuing Education, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
