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Herdman, Paul – Educational Leadership, 1994
Describes a New York City high school's experience with Outward Bound, a cooperatively funded experiential learning program. Rock climbing was used to teach youngsters how to deal with the metaphorical walls facing everyone. The program's success (a 90% graduation rate) depended on faculty commitment, administrative support, motivated student…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Curriculum Development, Dropout Programs, Experiential Learning
Eash, Maurice J. – 1971
This paper reports the results of a comprehensive curriculum evaluation of an academy founded to assist black drop-outs. Designed to determine the effects of the educational program on the student body and to lay bare the major constructs in the instructional and curriculum designs, the study employed a modified Shufflebeam curriculum evaluation…
Descriptors: Blacks, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Dropout Programs
Vickers, Margaret – 1991
Contrasting employment, education, and training developments occurred during the 1980s in Britain and Australia. High school completion rates in Great Britain and Australia have been low in comparison to the United States, but the work pattern changed when the market for unskilled youth labor collapsed in the 1980s. Australia increased proportions…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Curriculum Development, Dropout Programs, Dropout Rate