This article describes a program that offers pregnant schoolgirls a comprehensive educational and health program. (JD)

School districts need to devote some time to inservice activities for staff, and to develop parental programs to help counteract negativism. Taking the extra time to encourage students promotes strengthened abilities and self-worth. (MLF)

Pittsburgh is responding to the concern about dropout prone youth by creating an initiative to prepare all youth for careers. Vocational education is at the heart of the enterprise. (JOW)

Describes a study comparing profiles of students identified subjectively by teachers as at-risk to profiles of students who dropped out and to "normal" students. Results suggest that teachers judgement is influenced by the make up of the entire class and more objective assessment instruments should be used. (SD)

Chicago Public Schools' Bureau of Vocational Support Services provides assessment screening, peer tutoring, specialized services for the disabled, an academic resource center, and vocational aides in schools needing bilingual services. During the 1985-86 school year, only two percent of students served by the program dropped out of high school.…

Describes the Meaningful Other Person (MOP) program instituted at a North Carolina ninth grade center that reduced the dropout rate by 50 percent. (FL)

Dropout statistics for Portland, Oregon, high schools reveal that the schools themselves, and the assignment of students to specific schools, may be more important than previously thought in determining dropout rates. Thus, programs in the high schools and open transfer provisions may be cost-effective means of providing for needs of potential…

A high school in Oregon has had positive results from the development of a dropout prevention program. Students meet together each day, develop goals, and earn credits for successful efforts. Program design and implementation are described. (DF)

This manual provides a synthesis of research-based dropout prevention and intervention and offers examples of interventions that show evidence of effectiveness. This has proven to be a difficult task because the intervention research on dropout and school completion that can be used to inform practice is incomplete (Dynarski & Gleason, 2002;…

Article describes a procedure to protect student rights and improve the process of identifying students' social, emotional, or learning problems. (Editor)

Describes a dropout prevention program in which students gain vocational technical experience by renovating old buildings to be used as modern living quarters for disadvantaged families. (JF)

The findings of this study with respect to on-task behavior and grade point average, provide support for the position that a counselor can serve effectively as a behavioral consultant to teachers. The classroom behavior management approach offered advantages over the client-centered group counseling behavior and grade point average. (Author)

Excerpted from Youth in Transition, Volume 3: Dropping Out -Problem or Symptom?" (Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1971). Discusses the results of a nationwide research study set up to distinguish between causes and effects of a group of tenth grade boys who did or did not become dropouts. Professional…