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European Union, 2022
This staff working document is intended to accompany and support the Commission proposal for a Council Recommendation Pathways to School Success, which will repeal and replace the 2011 Council Recommendation on policies to reduce early school leaving. The staff working document sets out in more detail and depth the concepts put forward in the…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Academic Achievement, Underachievement, Dropout Characteristics
Rebeiz, André – EdCan Network, 2018
This case study report calls on school-community leaders to consider a made-in-Canada approach that raises literacy rates, prevents early school leaving and breathes life back into small towns. This step-by-step guidebook provides a practical toolkit and worksheets based on the concrete experiences of the "L'ÉcoRéussite" program, which…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Dropout Prevention, Literacy, School Holding Power
National Foundation for Educational Research, 2014
Some young people naturally flourish in school; others struggle due to difficult life circumstances. There is also another group of young people who have no substantial issues or barriers but are still at risk of disengaging from learning. Through research, it is known that the majority of young people who are not in education, employment or…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, Best Practices, Dropout Prevention, Outreach Programs
Desnoyers, Jacqueline; Pauker, Jerome D. – 1988
Approaches to promote attendance and prevent nonattendance range from methods designed to help individual students with specific attendance problems, to programs aimed at the student bodies of entire school systems. The former approaches usually are well documented as to results, but raise questions regarding generalizability and applicability for…
Descriptors: Attendance, Attendance Patterns, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention
Thomas, Terry, Ed.; And Others – 1985
This resource handbook was developed to provide constituent school district personnel with a variety of strategies for improving student attendance and for reducing the dropout rate. A significant number of studies completed during the last 5 years have identified attendance as the critical issue confronting school administrators. Further, recent…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Attendance, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
Thomas, Terry, Ed.; Sykes, Roger, Ed. – 1986
To furnish constituent school district personnel with a number of alternative educational programs for reducing the dropout rate, this resource handbook was published by the Oakland Schools (Michigan) Department of Pupil Personnel Services. Provided within this second handbook discussing various strategies for improving student attendance and for…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Attendance, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
Demiray, Ugur, Ed.; Sever, N. Serdar, Ed. – Online Submission, 2009
The education system of our times has transformed greatly due to enormous developments in the IT field, ease in access to online resources by the individuals and the teachers adopting new technologies in their instructional strategies, be it for course design, development or delivery. The field of Distance and Online Education is experiencing…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Distance Education, Online Courses, Intellectual Property
Alberta Education Response Centre, Edmonton. – 1991
The Teacher Alert System was designed in Alberta, Canada, for classroom teachers and school personnel concerned about the needs of "at risk" students. The guide can assist in the identification, assessment, and intervention process for children who have special needs. The student's problems may be related to learning, emotions, or…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Campbell, Don; And Others – 1994
The program was designed for 13- to 17-year-old at risk adolescents, those individuals who are experiencing difficulties at school, home and/or work. Their main characteristics are a lack of self-control and self-confidence, aggressive behavior, and either little or unrealistic thought about their future. The primary outcomes or aims of the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Career Awareness, Career Counseling
Verwey, C. T. – 1978
Educational planners are concerned with the inflow of pupils in order to plan for adequate facilities and sufficient teachers. Statistics on repeaters, however, enable the determination of the flow of pupils through and from the educational system. Since repeaters cost educational systems double in the form of expenses for teachers and equipment,…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Cohort Analysis, Cost Estimates, Dropout Rate

Coutts, 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
Online Submission, 2007
The Guide to Accredited Private School Education Planning and Results Reporting, 2007-2010 provides the provincial requirements for: 1) Private school authority three-year education plans for 2007-2010. These plans cover the 2007/08, 2008/09 and 2009/10 school years. 2) Private school authority annual education results report for the 2006/07…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Private Schools, Educational Planning, Measurement
Martinez, Paul – 1997
This guide is designed to share the experiences of 25 British further education colleges and adult education services that have developed demonstrably successful strategies to improve student retention. An introduction discusses the report's background, content, and format. The format mixes thematic presentation with mini-case studies and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Ancillary School Services, Computer Uses in Education
Stanton, Geoff – 1981
United Vocational Preparation (UVP) is a scheme or strategy organized in England to assist young people to make successful progress during the transition from school to work. It consists of courses and assistance to young workers on an individualized basis. This guide is intended to help educators to construct and conduct schemes of UVP. The…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Continuing Education, Dropouts, Education Work Relationship
Painter, Bert; And Others – 1979
This report aims to reconstruct the experience of the participants within the school districts in the West Kootenay region of British Columbia during the six-week period of a strike/lockout of nonteaching employees. It also attempts to determine the labor dispute's major effects on school performance and to identify ways of minimizing the effects…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Attitudes, Attendance, Attendance Patterns
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