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Edwards, Hugh F. – 1979
At Coffee High School in Douglas, Georgia, a needs assessment committee recommended the replacement of the traditional nine-month program with a quarter system using longer class sessions and allowing more individual attention. The committee members chose the Better Learning Opportunities for Children (BLOC) Program. Implementation involved…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Curriculum Development, Discipline Problems, Dropout Programs
Download full textTannenbaum, Abraham J. – 1966
After questioning the credential value of the high school diploma at the present time and pointing out the need for considering the multiple psychological and social handicaps of the minority-group school dropout, this conference paper discusses (1) the rentention power of the schools, (2) youth employment, (3) equal job opportunities for Negroes,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Employment, Curriculum Development, Dropout Characteristics
