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Peer reviewedKaplan, Jay L.; Luck, Edward C. – Educational Forum, 1977
Attempts to define the causes and implications of the failure of schools to educate fully a significant number of students from lower and middle class backgrounds and the failure of these students to absorb what the schools offer. Focuses on absenteeism and the dropout problem. Also examines past efforts to meet these problems in order to appraise…
Descriptors: Attendance, Dropout Programs, Dropout Research, Dropouts
BIRKMAIER, EMMA M. – 1965
TEAM TEACHING AND CLASSROOM GROUPING FLEXIBILITY ARE GIVEN EMPHASIS. GREATER FLEXIBILITY IS NEEDED IN THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE SCHOOLS AS WELL. RATHER THAN BY GRADE, DIVISIONS SHOULD BE ORGANIZED ACCORDING TO PRIMARY, INTERMEDIARY, JUNIOR SECONDARY, AND SENIOR SECONDARY LEVELS. FLEXIBILITY WOULD REMOVE THE STIGMA OF A TRACK SYSTEM.…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Development, Dropout Programs, Extracurricular Activities
Download full textLankard, Bettina A. – 1988
This student book is part of a series of program materials for a school-based intervention process to help at-risk students stay in school. This book, a related instructor's guide, and a viodetape entitled "A Time of Choices" comprise the classroom component of this set of materials focusing on awareness and commitment. The purpose of the program…
Descriptors: Career Education, Counseling, Decision Making, Decision Making Skills
Lankard, Bettina A. – 1988
This instructor's guide is part of a series of program materials for a school-based intervention process to help at-risk students stay in school. This instructor book, a related student book, and a videotape called "A Time of Choices" comprise the classroom component of this set of materials focusing on awareness and commitment. It addresses the…
Descriptors: Career Education, Counseling, Decision Making Skills, Dropout Prevention
Wells, Ruth Herman – 1998
This lesson guide is one in a series for teachers and counselors on teaching problem-solving interventions and coping skills to troubled youth. The series is aimed at training adolescents to succeed while empowering them to avoid the social pressure to drop out of school. The goal of this guide is to convince students they need an education to…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Coping, Decision Making Skills, Decision Support Systems
Eldred Cindy; And Others – 1991
This semester-long curriculum is designed to increase the self-esteem, leadership skills, and communication, decision-making, and problem-solving abilities of eighth and ninth grade students who are at risk of dropping out of school. The manual offers procedural suggestions for organizing a Going Places class. Individual sections address…
Descriptors: Curriculum Guides, Decision Making Skills, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
