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Re-Engaging School Dropouts with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders
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Wilkins, Julia; Bost, Loujeania Williams – Phi Delta Kappan, 2015
Students with emotional and behavioral disorders have the highest dropout rates of any student group--about 40%. The outcomes for students who drop out of school are dire but are particularly bleak for students with poor academic, interpersonal, and decision-making skills. Helping students earn a high school diploma and gain the skills needed to…
Descriptors: Emotional Problems, Behavior Problems, Dropout Prevention, Special Needs Students
High School with a College Twist
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Grier, Terry B.; Peterson, Kent D. – Principal Leadership, 2007
In 2000, 6% of students in the Guilford County Schools (Greensboro, North Carolina) dropped out, and the school board demanded action. After considering a variety of options, the district turned to a small-school concept called the "middle college high school" to help reconnect those students and keep them in school. A middle college…
Descriptors: High Schools, Nontraditional Education, Continuation Students, County School Districts
Western Association of Schools and Colleges Accrediting Commission for Secondary Schools. The School Report Form B: The Modern Continuation High School.
Placer Union High School District, Auburn, CA. – 1978
Chana High School, a continuation high school in California which provides an alternative approach to education for students unable and/or unwilling to find success in conventional schools is evaluated. The school offers a flexible and personalized instruction approach in an octamester schedule: the school year is divided into seven parts with a…
Descriptors: Continuation Students, Curriculum, Disabilities, Dropouts
The Career Intern Program: An Experiment in Career Education That Worked.
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Gibboney, Richard A.; Langsdorf, Michael G. – Journal of Research and Development in Education, 1979
The Career Intern Program is an alternative school for dropouts and potential dropouts, which enables these students to complete high school, improve their basic skills, and acquire occupational knowledge. This report briefly describes the program and its students, presents 1975 evaluation results, and lists critical features necessary for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Education, Continuation Students, Dropout Prevention
A New Alternative School: CEEC.
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Yates, Janie B. – Clearing House, 1979
The Community Experimental Education Center (CEEC) serves 50 disadvantaged students, ages 16 to 20, unable to function well in traditional schools. Each student must complete 33 competencies in career, consumer, and life skills. This report discusses the program design, funding, and staffing and lists the 33 competencies. (SJL)
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Competency Based Education, Continuation Students, Daily Living Skills
The Continuation School in the United States. Bulletin, 1907, No. 1. Whole Number 367
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Jones, Arthur J. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1907
The term "continuation school," while commonly used in England for some time has not been generally employed in this country and may need some further explanation. As use in this bulletin, it refers to any type of school which offers to people while they are at work opportunity for further education and training. It thus presupposes…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Needs, Agencies