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Zeaman, Janeice – American Education, 1974
Project STAY's theory is that signs of potential dropout can be detected -and dealt with- during the pupil's first years in school. (Editor)
Descriptors: Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Rate, Educational Objectives
Download full textDepartment of Education, Washington, DC. – 1992
Guidelines designed to help individual communities achieve the second National Education Goal are offered in this document. The goal states that by the year 2000, the high school graduation rate will increase to at least 90 percent. Eight suggestions for creating successful dropout prevention efforts are discussed: start early; set high…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Community Action, Community Planning, Community Programs
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Princeton, NJ. – 1988
Without good schools, none of America's hopes can be fulfilled. Since 1983, school reform has been at the top of the national agenda; however, there is a disturbing gap between rhetoric and results. After travelling to some of the nation's largest cities and interviewing administrators and teachers, Carnegie Foundation representatives determined…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Curriculum Development, Disadvantaged Youth
