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Alternative Schools: Providing a Safety Net in Our High Schools To Cope with the At-Risk Student Challenge.

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Munoz, Marco A. – 2002

This study analyzes the non-academic impact of a program for at-risk students within an urban alternative high school. The Jefferson County Public Schools, Kentucky, work on the premise that prevention is a key part of safety net strategies for at-risk students. Liberty High School is an alternative safety net high school intended to develop a…

Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, Behavior Problems, Cost Effectiveness, Dropout Prevention

Home, School, and Adult Instruction Component, Home-School-Community Agents Project. Final Evaluation Report.

Chamberlain, Ed – 1990

This evaluation of the 1989-90 Home-School-Community Agent (HSCA) Project in Columbus (Ohio) found mixed success. The role of the HSCA was to help disruptive pupils make positive adjustments to those elements in their lives that interfered with their success in school. Nineteen HSCAs were each assigned 60 "disruptive" students drawn from…

Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Problems, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs

Washington State Coordinated Service Initiative for At-Risk Youth and Families. Executive Summary.

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Smith, Albert J. – 1997

This executive summary presents evaluation findings and conclusions from a 4-year study of a demonstration project focusing on a school-based and school-linked interprofessional case management approach to dropout prevention. The project, funded by the U.S. Department of Education, was administered by the Center for the Study and Teaching of…

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Behavior Problems, Demonstration Programs

Home School and Adult Instruction Component Home-School-Community Agents Project 1990-91. Final Evaluation Report. Ohio Disadvantaged Pupil Program Fund.

Chamberlain, Ed – 1992

The Home-School-Community Agent (HSCA) Project of the Columbus (Ohio) Public Schools was established in the 1990-91 school year to help disruptive students make a positive adjustment to elements in their lives that interfere with success in school. The project was implemented through 21 HSCAs in nine high schools and 12 middle schools. Each agent…

Descriptors: Attitude Change, Behavior Problems, Change Agents, Dropout Prevention