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Peer reviewedMyers, William; Schwartz, Michael – Policy Review, 1990
Describes the school choice program and its implementation in Minnesota. The Post-Secondary Options program offers public high school students the chance to take courses in other high schools or colleges. The High School Graduation Incentive Program helps students work out their educational problems and graduate from high school. (JB)
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Educational Change, Educational Vouchers, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textMinnesota State Dept. of Economic Security, St. Paul. – 2000
Minnesota's Youthbuild program helps at-risk youths gain useful job skills while building safe, affordable housing in their neighborhoods and working toward their high school diploma or General Educational Development (GED) certificate. In 1999, the Minnesota Legislature appropriated 751,000 dollars per year in Youthbuild funds. The program…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Agency Cooperation, Building Trades, Career Education
Minnesota State Dept. of Human Services, St. Paul. Div. of Family and Children's Services. – 1999
Minnesota divides its Title IV-E-IL allocation among three components of a statewide program titled Support for Emancipation and Living Functionally (SELF). SELF is a state-supervised, county-implemented program based on the premise that youth in substitute (foster) care are at significant risk of not making a successful transition to independent…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Conventional Instruction, Counseling Services
