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Dickerson, Richard; And Others – 1986
The first section of this report provides information comparing selected dropout data from the Virginia State Department of Education's publication "Facing Up" for the years 1980-1985. The report states that the comparisons were made to show the need to continue efforts to reduce the number of dropouts and to provide programs for those…
Descriptors: Dropout Programs, Dropout Rate, Dropout Research, Dropouts
Peer reviewedCranston-Gingras, Ann; Anderson, Donna J. – School Counselor, 1990
Provides basic information for school counselors about migrant students. Describes programs that are available for these students, programs which were developed to help compensate for the educational problems that occur as a result of the lifestyle of migrant families. (ABL)
Descriptors: Counselor Role, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropout Rate
Download full textGeneral Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources. – 1986
The study provides an overview of what national surveys and the literature say about school dropouts, defined as persons who are neither enrolled in school nor high school graduates. For the last decade, the dropout rate for youth age 16-24 has remained roughly the same, about 13-14 percent. Hispanics, Blacks, and economically and educationally…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Continuation Students, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Programs
Ascher, Carol; Flaxman, Erwin – 1987
This paper reviews the literature on urban school dropouts and the experiences of superintendents in attempting to lower the dropout rate. The paper is divided into two major sections. Part I examines how a mixture of societal, community, family and other influences increase the chances that an at-risk student will experience little success in…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropout Rate
Connecticut State Dept. of Education, Hartford. Bureau of Research, Planning, and Evaluation. – 1990
This report presents data from 25 school districts in Connecticut that were involved in dropout prevention planning programs in grades kindergarten through twelfth for the 1987-88 and 1988-89 school years. Each of these districts addresses the problems of both accounting for the dropout rate, and developing an effective and reliable method for the…
Descriptors: Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropout Rate
