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Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1991
This document presents recommendations to the Texas state legislature for meeting a 1997-98 goal of reducing the projected longitudinal and cross-sectional state dropout rates. Data for 1986 indicate that approximately 86,000 students were dropping out of Texas schools every year. The recommendations presented here were determined: (1) by tracing…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Attendance, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
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Martinez, Bob – Journal of State Government, 1988
America is still a land of opportunity for immigrants from all lands. This is especially true for Florida's Hispanic population. Led by its first Hispanic governor, Florida is setting the pace in helping minorities enter America's mainstream. (Author/BJV)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Demography, Dropout Programs, Economic Climate
Ponciano, John – 1989
Institutional racism is responsible for the high Hispanic dropout rate in Michigan. The term "pushout" is more appropriate than "dropout" for these students who are systematically ignored and devalued until they become alienated and leave school. Negative expectations are broadcast to Hispanic American students as soon as they…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropouts, High School Students
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Toby, Jackson; Armor, David J. – Public Interest, 1992
Traces strategies for preventing high school dropouts from the traditional reliance on remediation or incentives to recent negative sanctions (e.g., West Virginia's "no school, no drive" law). The General Educational Development Program serves those who return voluntarily to school after having realized the importance of education. (JB)
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
Kentucky Governor's Council on Vocational Education, Frankfort. – 1989
The Governor's Council on Vocational Education prepared recommendations on vocational education's role in dropout prevention in Kentucky. Eight recommendations were developed as follows: (1) education decision-makers should take appropriate steps to revitalize and implement the concepts of a practical arts exploration program at the seventh- to…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Career Counseling, Competency Based Education, Dropout Prevention
North Carolina State Advisory Council on Vocational Education, Raleigh. – 1990
This is the second of five volumes of essays in the form of recommendations for the improvement of programs, services, and activities offered through vocational-technical education in North Carolina. The volume explains the rationale for, and comments on, 18 recommendations prepared by the State Advisory Council on Vocational Education for fiscal…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Auto Mechanics, Career Development, College Presidents