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Lorna Kay Fast Buffalo Horse – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Alternative high schools in the United States perform a significant role for students who drop out, are pushed out, or fall out of conventional high schools. An essential function of alternative high schools is to support some of the most underserved students in the country to graduate from high school. High school graduation is a major factor…
Descriptors: Accountability, Principals, Administrator Attitudes, Educational Legislation
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Wilson, Sandra Jo; Lipsey, Mark W.; Tanner-Smith, Emily E.; Huang, Chiungjung; Steinka-Fry, Katarzyna – Campbell Systematic Reviews, 2010
The objective of the proposed systematic review is to summarize the available evidence on the effects of prevention and intervention programs aimed at primary and secondary students for increasing school completion or reducing school dropout. Program effects on the closely related outcomes of school attendance (absences, truancy) will also be…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Intervention, Educational Attainment
Hirsch, Lesley – Education Law Center, 2006
New Jersey's urban--or "Abbott"--schools have improved at the preschool and elementary school level, but lag when it comes to middle and high school performance. These are the key findings of an Abbott Indicators Project report entitled, "The Abbott Districts in 2005-06: Progress and Challenges." The report was prepared by…
Descriptors: Reading Readiness, Dropout Programs, Graduation Rate, Dropout Prevention