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Policy and Procedures Manual for Improving School Attendance.
Maine State Dept. of Educational and Cultural Services, Augusta. Office of Truancy, Dropout and Alternative Education. – 1990
This procedures manual is intended to provide guidance to Maine school officials for developing strategies and policies to assure regular attendance of students in school. Part 1 examines factors affecting school attendance, noting that the school and home may serve as enablers for the student who becomes unaccountable for attendance. These…
Descriptors: Attendance, Dropout Prevention, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education
Children and Youth: The Crisis at Home for American Families. Hearing before the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. United States Senate, One Hundred Second Congress, First Session Examining Services Available to Children and Youth from Impoverished Families, Focusing on Ways To Ensure That They Graduate from High School, Prepare Them for the Workforce, and/or Help Them Get Into School.
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Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1991
Congressional hearings on American children and youth living in crisis were conducted in an effort to determine how the needs of these young people can assume their proper place in national priorities. A three-pronged strategy was suggested by chairman Edward Kennedy: (1) more investment in cost-effective programs that work (for example, Head…
Descriptors: Child Health, Children, Dropout Prevention, Early Parenthood
Communication from the Commission. European Benchmarks in Education and Training: Follow-Up to the Lisbon European Council.
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Commission of the European Communities, Brussels (Belgium). – 2002
A strategic goal was set in March 2000 by the Lisbon European Council that Europe will be the most competitive and knowledge-based economy in the world, capable of sustaining economic growth with more and better jobs and greater social cohesion by 2010. The heads of state and government agreed upon these three concrete common objectives: (1)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Benchmarking, Change Strategies
Changing Economics in the South: Preparing Our Youth. Hearing before the Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, First Session (Nashville, TN, April 24, 1987).
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Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. – 1987
The House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families met in Nashville, Tennessee, to gather information on the education and employment futures of youth in the South. Testimony was heard from experts in education, training, and economic development. Organizations represented included universities in the region, adolescent dropout and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Computer Literacy, Dropout Prevention, Early Parenthood
Oversight Hearing on the Educational, Literacy and Social Needs of the Hispanic Community. Hearing before the Committee on Education and Labor. House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, First Session (Los Angeles, CA, March 20, 1987).
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Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1987
The House Committee on Education and Labor, with the participation of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, met to hear testimony and gather information in order to support congressional efforts aimed at reducing the incidence of Hispanic dropouts and adult illiteracy. Testimony was heard from Richard Fajardo of the Mexican American Legal Defense and…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Bilingual Education, Citizenship Education, Dropout Prevention