Reducing Dropout Rates Through Home-School Communication.

Marockie, Henry; Jones, H. Lawrence

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Publication Date: 1987

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Reducing Dropout Rates Through Home-School Communication.

Marockie, Henry; Jones, H. Lawrence

Education and Urban Society, v19 n2 p200-05 Feb 1987

To reduce its dropout rate, Ohio County Schools in Wheeling, West Virginia implemented a multifaceted, sequential intervention plan. Its success indicates that direct, personal, immediate, and caring communication with parents and students remains the most effective and least costly way to link home with school. (Author/LHW)

Descriptors: Administrator Role, Administrators, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship, School Effectiveness, School Holding Power

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: West Virginia

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