The Dropout: A New Challenge to Catholic Education.

Gallagher, Vera

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ERIC Number: EJ317300

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1985

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The Dropout: A New Challenge to Catholic Education.

Gallagher, Vera

Momentum, v16 n2 p40-41 May 1985

Describes educational models developed by Good Shepard Sisters for youths with records of school failure and chronic truancy. Highlights community schools for chronic truants; the CORA-Neumann program in Philadelphia; off-campus teenage residence groups; a highly structured school and camp program; and a day school for severely behaviorally handicapped students. (DMM)

Descriptors: Catholic Educators, Catholic Schools, Church Programs, Dropout Programs, Dropouts, High School Students, High Schools, Nuns, Reentry Students, Remedial Instruction, School Holding Power, Secondary Education, Truancy, Youth Problems

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Language: English

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