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A Working Document on the Dropout Problem in Boston Public Schools. May 1986.
Boston Public Schools, MA. – 1986
This study concerns school dropouts in the Boston Public School system. It is divided into three sections which deal with: (1) a review of research studies on the causes of school dropout; (2) statistical analysis of the Boston situation by race and ethnic origin, gender, grade, and location; and (3) a review of prevention/intervention programs,…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropouts, Early Parenthood
An Evaluation of the High School Redirection Program. State Urban Education Program.
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New York Univ., NY. Center for Field Research and School Services. – 1973
The High School Redirection Program was designed to maintain 240 potential dropouts in an educational-vocational setting while assisting them to progress toward a high school diploma. Students were admitted from 13 high schools in Brooklyn and from Andrew Jackson in Queens. They were to follow a work-study program through the summer and regular…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance Records, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention
Serving At-Risk Students through Vocational Education. A Process, Not an Event.
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North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. of Vocational Education. – 1989
The at-risk students served by vocational education include academically disadvantaged students, dropouts, students with limited English proficiency (LEP), pregnant teens, single parents, migrants, economically disadvantaged students, handicapped students, and potential dropouts. The claim that the U.S. economy is healthy because unemployment is…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Cooperative Education, Disadvantaged, Dropout Prevention
An Assessment of School Supervised Work Education Programs. Part II: Urban Cooperative Work Education Programs and Follow-Up Study. Final Report. Volume 2: Work Education Program Outcomes--A Twenty-Four Month Follow-Up Study.
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Breglio, Vincent J.; And Others – 1976
This is the second of a three-volume final report of a study to assess the effectiveness of secondary and postsecondary cooperative education programs in the nation's hundred largest cities and to analyze the postprogram experiences of participants and nonparticipants. This volume presents the findings of the 24-month followup study of students…
Descriptors: Career Exploration, Case Studies, Cooperative Education, Dropout Prevention