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From Down-and-Out to Up-and-Coming.
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Gauthier, Ryan – Reclaiming Children and Youth: Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Problems, 1999
Reports on the personal experience of participating in an alternative high school, a project to reclaim at-risk, talented high school dropouts. Discusses the author's experiences, including fatherhood at a young age, on his way to discovering his artistic talent. Illustrations provided by author. (Author/JDM)
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Early Parenthood, Foreign Countries
The School Leaver and the World Outside.
Phillips, D. John – Education Canada, 1984
Compares and describes school leavers in Ontario, Canada, and Somerset, England. Notes functional illiteracy is common among school leavers. Decides that the best approach is a concentrated effort on reading in grades three and four. Describes such a program to be instituted in York, Ontario, in September, 1984. (BRR)
Descriptors: Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropouts
The Store Front School.
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Forrest, Barbara – Guidance & Counselling, 1986
Describes the Store Front School project, a program of cooperative education aimed at rekindling students' interest in school and helping them earn their diplomas. The school conducts classes in an office in a shopping mall where the students work. (ABB)
Descriptors: Community Support, Cooperative Education, Dropout Programs, Dropouts
The Leaving School Early Program.
Taylor, Charles W. – Education Canada, 1978
The Leaving School Early (LSE) Program, established in 1975, is designed for 14- and 15-year-olds who find none of the public school programs suitable. Applicants are assessed by a social worker and an individualized work or education contract written. LSE participants are monitored by teacher advisors. (SJL)
Descriptors: Contracts, Dropout Programs, Faculty Advisers, Individualized Programs