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Slavkin, Michael; Braysmith, Hilary; Faust, Norma – School-University Partnerships, 2010
The purpose of this article is to review a partnership between a teacher education department and a dropout prevention program. The partnership developed from a variety of communities' needs, no less of which was that of reconnecting marginalized youth at a local dropout prevention school with their community through cultural and civic…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Schools of Education, Dropout Programs
Brown, Jack E.; And Others – 1975
The purpose of the practicum described here was the development of a model for an alternative night high school. The plan called for a curriculum aimed at student interest and graduation requirements, a profile procedure for identifying potential candidates, and the operation of a prototype evening program during the summer of 1975 to test the…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Dropout Programs, Dropouts, Enrollment
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DeBlois, Robert – NASSP Bulletin, 1989
Alternative schools for intermediate grade students should be small and located in a separate building, where students and teachers can develop their own sense of identity. Curricula for high risk students require three components: a vocational orientation, interdisciplinary team projects, and a mastery learning/continuous progress approach.…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Dropout Programs, High Risk Students, Intermediate Grades
Stromquist, Nelly P. – 1980
The coupling behavior of school systems was examined in this study of how school districts attempt to control and supervise alternative programs. Four alternative high schools for actual and potential dropouts, run by community-based organizations but dependent on local education agencies (LEAs) for student referral and program accreditation, were…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Attendance, Credit Courses, Curriculum Development
Mukhopadhyay, Marmar – 1997
The National Literacy Mission Authority has begun pilot testing an innovative open distance education program for newly literate individuals in 20 districts of India. Using open and distance education where literacy is at its infancy is feasible because newly literate persons can manage to read printed material and have the motivation to read and…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Beginning Reading, Curriculum Development, Distance Education
Guardiola, Gloria – 1983
Established in 1970 and operated by the Association for the Advancement of Mexican Americans, the George I. Sanchez Junior Senior High School (Houston, Texas) is an alternative school for Hispanics in grades 7-12. The school, staffed originally by volunteers, acquired a full-time executive director in 1973, established relations whith the Houston…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Curriculum Development, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
Jerome, Christine, Ed. – 1975
The informal, descriptive portraits of 11 career education programs are based on visits from November to February 1974-75, and reports by program staff, teachers, students, parents, and business and community organizations involved with the programs. Individual characteristics of the programs are described as well as general information regarding…
Descriptors: Career Education, Competency Based Education, Curriculum Development, Demonstration Programs