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Claus, Richard N.; Quimper, Barry E. – 1993
This report presents the dropout rate for students in grades 9 through 12 in the School District of the City of Saginaw (Michigan) for the 1991-1992 academic year. Student enrollment and dropout data are presented for each junior high and high school in the district, showing that 128 (4.4%) of the 2,906 secondary school students in grades 9-12…
Descriptors: Dropouts, High Risk Students, High School Students, High Schools
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Cranston-Gingras, Ann – Reclaiming Children and Youth, 2003
This article summarizes the educational challenges facing students from migrant farmworker families. A university-based dropout recovery program has been successful at helping their students leave behind the label of "dropout." (Contains 10 references.) (Author)
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Farm Labor, High Risk Students, Migrant Youth
Appalachia Educational Lab., Charleston, WV. – 1988
The Virginia Education Association and the Appalachia Educational Laboratory jointly sponsored a group of six educators to study descriptions of over 100 programs for at-risk students in Virginia public schools. The group developed a Survey of Programs for At-Risk Students that called for an extensive program description and mailed the survey to…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Elementary Secondary Education, High Risk Students, Intervention
Blasik, Katherine; And Others – 1991
This report summarizes data for students participating in the Transition Sixth (T-6) Dropout Prevention program in Broward County Public Schools, Florida, from the 1987-88 to 1990-91 school years. The T-6 program uses an early intervention strategy designed to reduce the dropout rate by allowing selected over-age fourth graders to master skills…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Dropout Prevention, Early Intervention, High Risk Students
Rossi, Robert J.; Stringfield, Samuel C. – 1995
Despite the widespread attention given to education reform, no substantial knowledge base has existed for identifying and implementing specific effective reforms. This document, the first of three volumes, presents findings of a study that sought to identify the essential mechanics of effective reforms for students at risk. The study also…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Environment, Educational Finance, Educational Innovation
Nichols, Joe D.; Steffy, Betty E. – 1997
This paper presents findings of a study that examined an alternative learning program in a large urban school district in the midwestern United States. The goal of the project was to determine if the specific alternative learning program could have a positive effect on student motivation, goal orientation, self-efficacy, and self-esteem. Research…
Descriptors: Academic Probation, Dropout Rate, High Risk Students, Nontraditional Education
Institute for Educational Leadership, Washington, DC. – 1986
This document is the result of an Institute for Educational Leadership conference convened to brief Congressional staff on dropouts, dropout programs, and what information about dropouts merits consideration by policymakers. This report is intended to be a readable account of the dropout problem appropriate for the general public as well as for…
Descriptors: Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Educational Environment
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Pagan, Ralph; Edwards-Wilson, Runae – Journal of College Student Retention, 2003
The effectiveness of a mentoring program for 53 at-risk college students was investigated. The results indicated that the mentoring intervention had a positive impact on retention and grade point averages for this student cohort. (EV)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, College Students, Dropout Prevention
Haenn, Joseph F. – 1997
The Durham Public Schools Communities in Schools (CIS) Academy provides a student-centered environment that encourages high-risk students to remain in school and get back on track for graduation. Program operations began in January 1995. This paper presents the results of an evaluation of the first semester of operations (the second semester of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Dropout Prevention, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education
McKee, Neena; Crawford, Georgette – 1991
The Operation Rescue project was designed to develop a classroom setting for the delivery of comprehensive educational services to "at risk" young adolescents. The classroom was established as part of the pre-existing Jonesboro Alternative School, and it utilized the basic academic and social program developed by this entity over 12…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Problems, Family Problems, High Risk Students
Frost, Lynda E. – 1992
The theoretical constructs underlying legislative approaches to at-risk student statutes are examined in this paper, with attention given to the ways in which educational institutions make certain factors significant to student success. Legislative approaches closely follow the epidemiology model, which attempts to identify, predict, and immunize…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Protection
Tecumseh Consortium, Springfield, OH. – 1990
A project identified as potential dropouts 53 Springfield (Ohio) South High School freshmen and 24 London (Ohio) High School juniors and seniors who demonstrated irregular attendance patterns and poor grade achievement. The 53 freshmen and 15 London High School students were enrolled in a career club, an intervention program to address their…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, Career Education, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
Peck, Nancy; And Others – 1987
This monograph was written to provide information on which students drop out of school and why, and to examine successful dropout prevention programs. Research is reviewed which has identified characteristics of dropouts and their reasons for leaving school. Other studies are cited which explore characteristics of effective dropout prevention…
Descriptors: Counselor Role, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Elementary Secondary Education
Green, Karen Reed; Baker, Andrea – 1986
This is a progress report for a project attempting to gather and share information about effective dropout prevention strategies in action at the middle school and high school levels around the Northwest region of the United States. Introductory material reviews current views of the dropout problem, recent reports which address the issue of…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Curriculum Design, Dropout Prevention, Educational Methods
Ruby, Theodore; Law, Robert – 1987
The national dropout rate has remained at about 20% for the last decade. However, disparities in the definition of dropouts and in data collection have caused national dropout figures to vary. Researchers agree that students from areas of large minority populations with fewer English-speaking students, and those living in poverty are at risk of…
Descriptors: Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
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