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Peer reviewedWeisstein, Ephraim – Educational Leadership, 2001
Boston's Diploma Plus program helps 16- to 22-year-old dropouts gain the skills and confidence necessary for graduation, continued education, and work. The program establishes high expectations, enlivens teaching and learning, measures progress by actual performance, and builds in continuous assessment and challenging postsecondary experiences.…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Guidelines, High School Equivalency Programs, High Schools
Download full textD'Amico, Ronald; Kimball, Mary; Midling, Michael; Smith, Pamela L.; Bruno, A. Lee; Johnson, Michele L. – 2000
This report presents findings regarding design and implementation of school-to-work (STW) efforts in Job Corps Model Centers. Following an introduction, Chapter two argues that Jobs Corps constitutes a natural context for implementing STW systems because its traditional practices to some degree provide a solid foundation on which to lay STW…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Competency Based Education, Disadvantaged, Education Work Relationship
Mangum, Garth L. – 1983
Despite the fact that, of all the 50 states, Utah has the highest percentage of state and local government expenditures for education and the highest proportion of adults who have graduated from high school, one out of every five adults in Utah lacks basic literacy skills. At present, the following adult literacy programs offer instruction in…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Basic Skills
