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Greene, Brenda Z. – Updating School Board Policies, 1986
Nine distinct programs aimed at reducing the dropout rate and bringing "at-risk" students back into the educational mainstream are described in this publication. The document first notes the social and economic costs to the nation of students dropping out before completing high school. The report then describes changes in Wisconsin's attendance…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropouts, High Risk Students
Greene, Brenda Z. – Updating School Board Policies, 1987
To give Congress the information it needs to make informed decisions about initiatives aimed at school dropouts, the U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO) has published a two-phase report: Phase 1, "School Dropouts: The Extent and Name of the Problem" (see ED 274 756), completed in 1986, provides information on the dropout rate, characteristics of…
Descriptors: Board of Education Role, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropouts
Greene, Brenda Z. – Updating School Board Policies, 1984
The theme article of this issue, "Addressing Teenage Pregnancy and Parenthood" by Brenda Greene, explains that pregnant students and those who are already parents have the same legal rights to public education as do all other students. To meet this responsibility and to lower dropout rates, schools need to make educational opportunities available…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Dismissal (Personnel), Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
