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Direct linkBalfanz, Robert – Educational Leadership, 2011
The Talent Development program at Johns Hopkins, City Year, and Communities in Schools have created a new middle school and high school model that reduces dropout risk. Diplomas Now integrates strategies that are designed to raise student achievement, promotion, and graduation rates in the nation's most challenged high-poverty secondary schools. A…
Descriptors: Graduation Rate, Dropout Prevention, Talent Development, At Risk Students
Peer reviewedHarris, Ian; And Others – Educational Leadership, 1983
Unaffiliated with the city schools, Milwaukee's community-based Journey House program helps dropouts prepare for General Educational Development (G.E.D.) tests. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Community Centers, Dropout Programs, Dropouts
Peer reviewedSlavin, Robert E.; Madden, Nancy A. – Educational Leadership, 1989
Reviews research on instructional practices that help at-risk students. The programs reviewed fall into three general categories: prevention programs at the primary level, classroom change programs, and supplementary/remedial programs. Lists general features that characterize these programs. (TE)
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Compensatory Education, Dropout Prevention, Educationally Disadvantaged
Peer reviewedStaples, I. Ezra – Educational Leadership, 1977
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Elementary Secondary Education, Experimental Programs, Nontraditional Education
Peer reviewedJuarez, Tiona – Educational Leadership, 1996
After a violent incident just outside an Austin (Texas) middle school, the principal and her staff decided that the problem of gangs could not be resolved by merely banning gang colors and signing. Special clubs, community volunteers, and a no-failure policy helped make students less vulnerable to gang membership. (MLH)
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Intermediate Grades, Juvenile Gangs, Mentors
