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Flint, Wallace – 1988
Dropping out of school before high school graduation has re-emerged as a priority issue for professional and public debate and concern. Dropping out of school is viewed as a gradual process as the bond between student and school weakens, representing the final step that occurs after opportunities for intervention at earlier stages have been…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, High School Students, High Schools
Peer reviewedGartner, Audrey J.; Riessman, Frank – Educational Leadership, 1994
When students help teach one another, active learning, listening, and a spirit of cooperation flourish. A reciprocal tutoring program in three New York City high schools allows all students to be tutors and learn through teaching and has all tutors experience the tutee/apprentice role. This experimental program had better achievement results than…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Apprenticeships, Dropout Programs, Elementary Secondary Education
Cicchelli, Terry; And Others – 1990
This study describes dropout prevention strategies used by social service and school personnel in the Stay-In-School Partnership Project (SSPP), analyzes longitudinal statistical data generated by the 3-year program, and proposes a model for conceptualizing and implementing a dropout prevention program for at-risk minority students. SSPP is a…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Conferences, Cooperative Programs, Dropout Prevention
Download full textStrawn, Clare L. – National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL), 2003
This study of social capital employs data from the Longitudinal Study of Adult Learning (LSAL), funded by the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL) and conducted at Portland State University to increase understanding of the learning process of adults with limited formal education. It provides longitudinal data on…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Adult Education, Lifelong Learning, Adult Learning
Grannis, Joseph; And Others – 1988
This evaluation of the second-year (1986-87) implementation of the New York City (New York) Dropout Prevention Initiative (DPI) in 13 high schools focuses on student characteristics and outcomes, with a discussion of a set of statistical data on program services, findings on school-level indicators of program effectiveness, and an analysis of…
Descriptors: Community Organizations, Cost Effectiveness, Demonstration Programs, Dropout Prevention
