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Download full textOwen, Jenni, Ed.; Rosch, Joel, Ed.; Muschkin, Clara, Ed.; Alexander, Jana, Ed.; Wyant, Casey, Ed. – Center for Child and Family Policy, Duke University (NJ1), 2008
The reason that the school dropout crisis is now referred to as a "silent epidemic" is because, when we weren't paying attention, the graduation rate in our country slipped to a level that threatens the very health and well-being of our society. Each year, almost one-third of all public high school students--and nearly one-half of all…
Descriptors: High Schools, Dropout Programs, Graduation Rate, Dropout Prevention
Long, David; And Others – 1996
This report presents the fourth-year findings on the effectiveness of Ohio's Learning, Earning, and Parenting (LEAP) Program, a statewide welfare initiative that uses financial incentives and penalties to promote school attendance by pregnant and parenting teenagers on welfare. The report looks at LEAP's effects on school completion, employment,…
Descriptors: Attendance, Dropout Programs, Dropouts, Early Parenthood
Dayton, Charles; Stern, David – 1990
California's Partnership Academies, which are conducted under the sponsorship of the state and aimed at dropout prevention for at-risk high school students, combine a modified curriculum and structure with the following elements: (1) a student selection process designed to enroll students with potential, but whose past performance places them at…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, High School Graduates
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1993
State legislation requires that the Texas Education Agency write a plan to reduce the state's cross-sectional and longitudinal dropout rates to no more than 5 percent by 1997-98. This report presents the current plan, with current aggregate and disaggregate data on the dropout rate of students in grades 7 through 12 and projections for…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropout Rate, Educational Change
Dixon, Donald A. – 1992
This paper presents an analysis of a California state mandated effort to reduce dropout rates. In particular, the analysis looks at which program components and strategies are successful in increasing school holding power and what organizational and administrative factors are linked to the decision to actually implement the program as designed.…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Coordinators, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
Peer reviewedToby, 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
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Office of Research, Evaluation, and Assessment. – 1990
The New York City high schools participating in the 1989/90 Peer Tutoring Program demonstrated excellent performance in reaching program objectives. The Peer Tutoring Program serves high school students who have failed to achieve specified levels of achievement in mathematics, reading/writing, or English as a Second Language. Higher-achieving…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Basic Skills, Compensatory Education, Dropout Prevention
Massachusetts State Dept. of Education, Quincy. Office of Student Services. – 1989
The Chapter 188 Dropout Prevention Grant Program funds school districts with high percentages of low-income students and school dropouts to enable them to implement dropout prevention initiatives in grades 7 through 12. The emphasis in funding is on long-term school change in school policy, curriculum, governance, scheduling, programming, support…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Educational Change
Tees, Sandra; And Others – 1984
Coordinated Vocational Academic Education (CVAE) is offered at three middle schools in the Fort Worth Independent School District, Texas. Courses in automobile mechanics, cosmetology, and home and community services are provided for potential dropout students who meet specific criteria: (1) low achievement; (2) inadequate communication skills;…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Attendance Patterns, Cohort Analysis, Disadvantaged Youth
Peer reviewedNeumann, Richard A. – Urban Education, 1991
Colorado's Second Chance Pilot Program allows dropouts to return to designated Second Chance centers to complete requirements for a high school diploma or equivalent certificate. The high degree of satisfaction of students at Second Chance centers, and the waiting lists for enrollment demonstrate the potential for recovering dropouts. (SLD)
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Continuation Students, Dropout Programs, Educational Opportunities
Bloom, Dan; And Others – 1991
An analysis of Ohio's Learning, Earning, and Parenting (LEAP) program focused on the first 18 months of program operations. The 12 randomly selected research counties contained about two-thirds of the statewide teen population targeted by LEAP. The analysis relied on field research, supplemented by data collected from county human service agencies…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Agency Cooperation, Ancillary School Services, Attendance
Owens, Tom; And Others – 1987
This document reviews programs and policy initiatives in the following Northwestern States aimed at reducing the number of youth who are at risk of dropping out of school or remaining unemployed: (1) Alaska; (2) Hawaii; (3) Idaho; (4) Montana; (5) Oregon; and (6) Washington. The following regional trends are identified: (1) establishing…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, College School Cooperation, Dropout Programs, Dropouts
Bennett, Barbara K.; And Others – 1993
The Youth Work Skills (YWS) program was developed to help economically disadvantaged, out-of-school, high school-aged youth with reading abilities at or below the fifth-grade level become job ready. In 1992-93, YWS served 236 participants at 7 sites throughout New York (two sites each in Brooklyn and Buffalo and sites in the Bronx, Rochester, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Annual Reports, Comparative Analysis
