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Los Angeles Unified School District, CA. – 1985
Following up on the work of a task force that studied the dropout problem in the Los Angeles Unified School District and developed recommendations for addressing that problem, this report describes current dropout prevention efforts and proposals for expansion and presents recommendations for new approaches. Six major categories of programs are…
Descriptors: Attendance, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Elementary Secondary Education
Sosa, Alicia Salinas – IDRA Newsletter, 1986
In 1984 the Edgewood and South San Antonio Independent School Districts implemented the Valued Youth Partnership Program (VYP). VYP identifies Hispanic junior high and high school students at high risk of dropping out and gives them an opportunity to serve as tutors of younger children. As they tutor, the older students also learn basic skills,…
Descriptors: Attendance, Cross Age Teaching, Dropout Prevention, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textKauffman, Thomas B.; And Others – 1990
This report documents the implementation of the migrant education program funded under Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation Improvement Act in the Houston (Texas) Independent School District and evaluates the program's impact on student achievement, grades, conduct, and attendance. The program offered assistance to eligible migrant children…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Compensatory Education, Counseling Services
Yagi, Kan – 1985
The Portland Indian Education Act Project (IEAP), completing its 11th year, serves American Indian students from preschool through high school. Eligibility for services is established according to federal guidelines. Objectives set for the project concentrate on increasing academic achievement and school attendance, and reducing early school…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indians
Kimball, George H. – Journal of Research and Evaluation of the Oklahoma City Public Schools, 1981
The report evaluates the 1980-81 Title IV-A Indian Education Program consisting of three components designed to address special priority needs of Indian students in the Oklahoma City Public School System. Performance goals of the first component, supplementary academic assistance, were long-term tutoring of Indian students who scored below the…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Attendance, Careers, Counseling Services
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn. Office of Educational Assessment. – 1987
During 1985-86 the School Community Education Program (also known as the Umbrella Program), funded by the New York State Legislature, provided a variety of educational and training experiences to some 25,871 participants, including pre-kindergarten children and their parents; and students, teachers and supervisors from kindergarten through grade…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Attendance, Career Awareness, Conflict Resolution
Kentucky State Dept. of Education, Frankfort. Div. of Compensatory Education. – 1982
In 1981-82 there were 58 districts in Kentucky which provided programs and services for 6,364 migratory children. Of that total, currently migratory (interstate) accounted for 13%, currently migratory (intrastate) accounted for 19%, and formerly migratory accounted for 68%. Approximately 81% of the students were in grades pre-kindergarten through…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Annual Reports, Attendance, Communication Skills
