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Direct linkHamilton, Tiffany Theresa – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This study documents the effects of an action research team, comprising parents, teachers, and school staff, from a predominately African-American elementary school, working together to design a program promoting high school completion for their young students. The study also examines the role that collaboration plays to bring together…
Descriptors: High Schools, Action Research, Focus Groups, Graduation
Peer reviewedKanamugire, Camille; Rutakamize, Joseph – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2008
This article discusses an educational practice that has been introduced in Rwanda, which aims to bring back into the formal education system children who are out-of-school or unschooled, even though they are over the legal enrolment age. The authors analyse this intensive programme, designed for children at that age and adapted to their daily…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Educational Innovation
Download full textMurray, Asa; Sundin, Sven – European Journal of Vocational Training, 2008
The present study describes students flows before and after the latest reform of upper secondary school in which a third year as well as a new grading system and new entrance requirements were introduced in vocational programmes. Published and unpublished data on student flows through upper secondary school before and after implementation of the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Employment Opportunities, Participant Characteristics, Educational Change
National High School Center, 2007
Many states and districts across the country struggle with designing and implementing coherent dropout prevention initiatives that promote academic advancement, especially for special needs students, who drop out at much higher rates than the general student population. This "snapshot" describes New Hampshire's innovative use of data…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropouts, Special Needs Students, Dropout Programs
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1986
This document presents the text of the Senate hearing on the Dropout Prevention and Reentry Act of 1985, a bill designed to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide grants to local educational agencies for dropout prevention demonstration projects. Testimony is delivered by Senators Stafford, Pell, Chafee, Bradley,…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Federal Legislation
Saint Paul Public Schools, Minn. – 1980
The manual--one-third of which consists of appendixes--describes strategies which are used to involve parents and parent surrogates in the St. Paul Public Schools' Model Program for Handicapped Out-of-School Youth (OSY). OSY offers three primary components that facilitate positive involvement of parents in planning: the team approach,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Disabilities, Dropout Programs, Dropouts
1962
SUMMARIES OF PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THE EDUCATION OF THE CULTURALLY DEPRIVED ARE PRESENTED. IN NEW YORK STATE, A COMPREHENSIVE GENERAL-PURPOSE ALLOTMENT OF FINANCIAL AID IS PROVIDED FOR CITY SCHOOLS. ALSO IN NEW YORK, PROGRAMS ARE BEING CONDUCTED THAT OFFER PREEMPLOYMENT INSTRUCTION FOR POTENTIAL DROPOUTS, THAT OFFER DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Dropout Programs, Study Centers, Unwed Mothers
Northern Michigan Univ., Marquette.
A project was undertaken by the Public Services Division, Northern Michigan University, under a contract with the Department of Labor, for the purpose of training a population of 100 rural dropouts ages 17 through 25 in salable work skills. Three counties in the Upper Michigan Peninsula were selected as the area from which trainees were selected.…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Dropout Programs, Dropouts, Rural Education
Harvey, James – 1970
This issue of CURRENTS reviews some of the general findings on the dropout, and outlines approaches that have proven effective at various types of institutions in reducing dropout rates. Most of the programs examined here are aimed at early identification of the potential dropout and prevention of his withdrawal through the provision of special…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropouts, Higher Education
Lindsay, Dolores – Pointer, 1977
Project REAL (Real Educational Activities of Learning) began as a program for 22 handicapped high school dropouts under age 21 and offered practical instruction in such areas as construction, electronic assembly, and merchandising. (JYC)
Descriptors: Dropout Programs, Dropouts, Handicapped Students, High Schools
Canada Information Service – Vocational Guidance Quarterly, 1973
Basic skills and life skills'' are incorporated in an innovative effort to upgrade dropouts. (Author)
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Dropout Programs, Dropouts, Rehabilitation Programs
Aun, Emil Michael – Manpower, 1971
Taste of community college keeps potential dropouts in school. (Editor)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Programs, High School Students
The Metropolitan Youth Education Center: A Colorado Solution to the Problem of High School Dropouts.
Jacques, Mary Jo – Phi Delta Kappan, 1982
The Metropolitan Youth Education Center in Denver (Colorado) offers flexible scheduling, small classes, and a broad range of courses to help high school dropouts earn diplomas. (MLF)
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropouts, High Schools
Yaffe, Elaine – Phi Delta Kappan, 1982
Questions the recent idea that students must stay in school through the 12th grade. Describes programs that have been developed in the Colorado Springs (Colorado) area to cope with the dropout problem. (Author/WD)
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropouts, School Counseling
What Works Clearinghouse, 2010
The "National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program" is a residential education and training program designed for youth ages 16 to 18 who have dropped out of or been expelled from high school. During the 22-week residential period, participants are offered GED preparation classes and other program services intended to promote positive youth…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, At Risk Students, Job Skills, Leadership
