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An Alternative Effort for Troubled Students.

Schultz, Mary Alice – Momentum, 1982

Describes the Mercy Tutoring Services Program, which provides individualized instruction in basic academic and life skills for high school dropouts, suspended or expelled students, those assigned to the program by Juvenile Court, or students with chronic truancy or behavioral problems. Suggests ways of implementing the model elsewhere. (AYC)

Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Compensatory Education, Dropout Programs, Dropouts

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