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Valued Youth Partnership Program: Dropout Prevention through Cross-Age Tutoring [Summary].
Sosa, Alicia Salinas – IDRA Newsletter, 1986
In 1984 the Edgewood and South San Antonio Independent School Districts implemented the Valued Youth Partnership Program (VYP). VYP identifies Hispanic junior high and high school students at high risk of dropping out and gives them an opportunity to serve as tutors of younger children. As they tutor, the older students also learn basic skills,…
Descriptors: Attendance, Cross Age Teaching, Dropout Prevention, Elementary Secondary Education