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Download full textArnett, Thomas – Center on Reinventing Public Education, 2021
For many students, conforming to the traditional K-12 education system is not always compatible with their life circumstances. Map Academy in Plymouth, Massachusetts, now in its second year of operation, aims to provide an education that adapts to the needs and interests of its students while maintaining high expectations. This profile of Map…
Descriptors: Profiles, Student Needs, Expectation, Educational Practices
Bloom, Dan – Future of Children, 2010
Dan Bloom of MDRC examines policies and programs designed to help high school dropouts improve their educational attainment and labor market outcomes. So called "second-chance" programs, he says, have long provided some combination of education, training, employment, counseling, and social services. But the research record on their effectiveness…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Labor Market, Job Training, Young Adults
Peer reviewedHarris, Ian; And Others – Educational Leadership, 1983
Unaffiliated with the city schools, Milwaukee's community-based Journey House program helps dropouts prepare for General Educational Development (G.E.D.) tests. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Community Centers, Dropout Programs, Dropouts
Mohar, Robert C.; Hunt, Edward E. – 1975
The Metropolitan Youth Education Center's program is designed to help high school dropouts and the unemployed or under-employed whose problems are attributable to educational deprivation. The educational program is highly individualized. Each student program is developed to meet the personal goals, time available, ability and achievement level of…
Descriptors: Counseling Services, Dropout Programs, Dropouts, Educational Assessment
Jhin, Kyo R. – 1975
The document is the final report for fiscal year 1974-75 of a rural adult secondary education demonstration project sponsored by the regional agency, Top of Alabama Regional Education Service Agency (TARESA), serving five northeastern Alabama counties. Program features include the use of educational television on a statewide basis and the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Agency Cooperation, Continuing Education Centers
Tallmadge, G. Kasten; And Others – 1981
The Career Intern Program (CIP) is an alternative high school designed to enable disadvantaged and alienated dropouts or potential dropouts to earn regular high school diplomas, to prepare them for meaningful employment or postsecondary education, and to facilitate their transition from school to work. CIP components are instruction, counseling,…
Descriptors: Career Education, Cost Effectiveness, Counseling Services, Dropout Prevention
Tallmadge, G. Kasten; Yuen, Sandra D. – 1981
A study assessed the impact of the Career Intern Program (CIP) on participating students. (The CIP is an alternative high school designed to enable disadvantaged and alienated dropouts or potential dropouts to earn regular high school diplomas, to prepare them for meaningful employment or postsecondary education, and to facilitate their transition…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Career Education, Case Studies, Dropout Prevention
