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MOORE, JAMES W. – 1963
INFORMATION RELEVANT TO THE PROBLEM OF EARLY SCHOOL LEARNING WAS PRESENTED. A MAJORITY OF THE 89 SCHOOLS IN THE HOLDING POWER PROJECT OF THE BUREAU OF GUIDANCE IN THE NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WERE RURAL. HOLDING POWER WAS DEFINED AS THE RATIO OF THE NUMBER OF GRADUATES IN A SECONDARY SCHOOL CLASS TO THE POTENTIAL NUMBER OF GRADUATES IN…
Descriptors: Dropout Programs, Dropouts, Rural Schools, School Holding Power
Boston Public Schools, MA. – 1986
This study concerns school dropouts in the Boston Public School system. It is divided into three sections which deal with: (1) a review of research studies on the causes of school dropout; (2) statistical analysis of the Boston situation by race and ethnic origin, gender, grade, and location; and (3) a review of prevention/intervention programs,…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropouts, Early Parenthood
Download full textSheridan School District 2, Englewood, CO. – 1973
Project Outreach, funded under Title VIII of Public Law 90-247, is a comprehensive five year program to introduce basic and widespread changes in Sheridan School District organization, curriculum offerings, pupil services, and teacher training. Project Outreach will bring about a complete transformation of the present Sheridan Public Schools. By…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
Salerno, Anne – 1991
This ERIC digest examines the extent of early school leaving among migrants, conditions that precede early school leaving, common features of programs that work to retrieve dropouts, and illustrative programs that exhibit these features. The Migrant Attrition Project estimates a 45% national dropout rate of migrant students. Conditions that lead…
Descriptors: Attendance, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Programs, Dropout Rate
Tiedeman, David V.; Miller-Tiedeman, Anna – 1975
The first chapter of the literature review describes the Career Intern Program (CIP), a cooperative career education venture of the Opportunities Industrialization Centers of America and two Philadelphia high schools, which is composed of three steps: career awareness (general orientation, development, motivation); career exploration (academic…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Education, Continuation Education, Counseling Services
JEFFERY, C. RAY – 1967
THE SOCIAL AND EDUCATIONAL REHABILITATION OF HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS WITH DELINQUENT RECORDS WAS ATTEMPTED BY REINFORCING BEHAVIOR ASSOCIATED WITH ACADEMIC REMEDIATION, WORK PREPARATION, AND SOCIAL CONDUCT. OF THE 163 NEGRO YOUTHS WHO PARTICIPATED AT SOME TIME DURING THE PROGRAM, ONLY 42 WERE ACTIVELY PARTICIPATING WHEN THE PROGRAM TERMINATED, AND…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Black Youth, Community Attitudes, Community Organizations
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. of Vocational Education. – 1989
The at-risk students served by vocational education include academically disadvantaged students, dropouts, students with limited English proficiency (LEP), pregnant teens, single parents, migrants, economically disadvantaged students, handicapped students, and potential dropouts. The claim that the U.S. economy is healthy because unemployment is…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Cooperative Education, Disadvantaged, Dropout Prevention
