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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
PDF pending restorationCoutts, Richard; Chinien, Chris A.; Boutin, France; Letteri, Charles; Cap, Orest; Porozny, George – 1995
Although workplace requirements are mandating that employees possess higher-order skills, an alarming proportion of young Canadians are dropping out of secondary school before acquiring the skills they need to survive in a super-symbolic economy. Dropout prevention programs can curtail these trends and the effectiveness of one such program, the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Demonstration Programs, Dropout Prevention, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textCanadian Education Association, Toronto (Ontario). – 1987
This report presents the findings of a survey ("Programs and Activities Using Technology To Serve Students at Risk of School Failure") of a sampling of large school districts in the United States and Canada, conducted to obtain information on the use of technology to serve students at risk of school failure for the participants in a…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
