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The Metropolitan Youth Education Center: A Colorado Solution to the Problem of High School Dropouts.
Jacques, Mary Jo – Phi Delta Kappan, 1982
The Metropolitan Youth Education Center in Denver (Colorado) offers flexible scheduling, small classes, and a broad range of courses to help high school dropouts earn diplomas. (MLF)
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropouts, High Schools
Yaffe, Elaine – Phi Delta Kappan, 1982
Questions the recent idea that students must stay in school through the 12th grade. Describes programs that have been developed in the Colorado Springs (Colorado) area to cope with the dropout problem. (Author/WD)
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropouts, School Counseling
Hakanen, Lauri John – Phi Delta Kappan, 1978
Describes an alternative program designed to recapture dropouts and integrate them back into the regular school program. (IRT)
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Nontraditional Education, Program Descriptions
Weber, Edward J. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1972
The accomplishments of continuation high schools" in California. (Author/RA)
Descriptors: Continuation Students, Dropout Programs, Dropouts, Educational Change
Baines, James; Young, William M. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1971
A case study of the failure of alternative" schools designed to reclaim dropouts. (JF)
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Dropout Programs, Experimental Programs, Experimental Schools
Gross, Beatrice – Phi Delta Kappan, 1990
The principal of a Louisville, Kentucky, alternative high school uses a "come when you can" schedule, a promise of success, and a high school diploma rather than a General Education Development certificate to entice would-be dropouts and pushouts to finish their education. Highly individualized and computer-assisted programs make the…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Individualized Instruction
Bock, Frederick S.; Gomula, Wanda – Phi Delta Kappan, 1973
Discusses how one rural community began an alternative school after concern mounted over the dropout rate in this conventional district's high schools. (DN)
Descriptors: Dropout Programs, Educational Change, Nontraditional Education, Public Schools
Justiz, Manuel J.; Kameen, Marilyn C. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1987
Outlines high school dropout programs developed through public/private partnerships that are successfully helping dropouts and at-risk students develop their potential. Also describes the educational system that corporate businesses have developed to educate employees in an effort to make up for deficiencies resulting from their education in the…
Descriptors: Business Responsibility, Cooperative Programs, Corporate Education, Corporate Support
Hahn, Andrew – Phi Delta Kappan, 1987
Although successful dropout assistance programs depend on effective implementation, casework, and long-term followup activities, the literature only occasionally addresses these practices. This article reviews data collection problems, major risk factors, reforms aimed at actual and potential dropouts, and alternative school programs. Second…
Descriptors: Caseworker Approach, Data Collection, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Programs
Strother, Deborah Burnett – Phi Delta Kappan, 1986
Reports on the results of several major studies of high school dropouts. Topics addressed are who drops out and why; school-related causes; and prevention policies and programs. Stresses the urgency of addressing the nationwide dropout problem and recommends courses of action. Appended are 19 references. (IW)
Descriptors: Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropout Rate
Cutter, Milo – Phi Delta Kappan, 1996
Supported by Saint Paul and the Northern States Power Company, two Minnesota secondary teachers developed a pilot program, the Power League, aimed at returning 16- to 21-year olds to school. The City Academy grew out of students' requests for individual learning plans, an intimate learning community, and a sound school restructuring rationale.…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Dropout Programs, Educational Innovation, High Risk Students
Grannis, Joseph C. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1991
Project Achieve, New York City's new dropout prevention program, might benefit from the failures of the city's earlier Dropout Prevention Initiative. Project Achieve will organize all ninth and tenth grade students into houses, integrate support and academic staff, and achieve maximum personnel continuity throughout a student's high school career.…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Dropout Programs, Goal Orientation, Guidance Programs
Adelman, Nancy; Pringle, Beverly – Phi Delta Kappan, 1995
Drawing on 14 case studies, this article examines reforms and innovative strategies affecting quantity and quality of time usage, and the potential of nonschool educators to complement and expand youngsters' learning opportunities. Many successful programs offer students less classroom time. Some residential programs for dropouts and poor minority…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Dropout Programs, Educational Innovation, Educational Opportunities
