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Download full textCalifornia School Boards Association, Sacramento. – 1981
Based on surveys of 125 school trustees and administrators and 186 student dropouts and truants in California, this guidebook examines the causes of student attendance problems, discusses guidelines and ideas for programs to combat these problems, and presents exemplary programs in three California school districts. A profile of a hypothetical…
Descriptors: Attendance, Board of Education Policy, Demonstration Programs, Dropout Attitudes
Peer reviewedSecada, Walter G. – Clearing House, 1999
Discusses alternative programs and schools visited by the Hispanic Dropout Project. Notes a pervasive "disconnect" between alternative programs and "regular" schools, and outlines lessons alternative programs have to offer traditional schools. (SR)
Descriptors: Dropout Programs, High Risk Students, Hispanic Americans, Instructional Effectiveness
