PROGRAMS AND MATERIALS WILL BE DEVELOPED, FOR JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS CHOSEN AS POTENTIAL DROPOUTS, TO FOCUS ATTENTION ON SPECIFIC NEEDS. THE CLASSES WILL BE TAUGHT IN A NONSCHOOL SETTING BY A TEAM OF TEACHERS IN INDUSTRIAL ARTS, HOME ECONOMICS, SCIENCE, MATH, COMMUNICATIONS, READING, AND FINE ARTS. THE TEACHERS WILL COMBINE THESE AREAS INTO…

THIS REPORT PRESENTS THE RESULTS OF A 5-YEAR RESEARCH PROGRAM WHICH ANALYZED MANY OF THE CORRELATES OF PEER ACCEPTANCE-REJECTION IN A SERIES OF STUDIES INVOLVING 37,913 SCHOOL CHILDREN, AGES 9 TO 12 YEARS. PEER ACCEPTANCE-REJECTION WAS INVESTIGATED THROUGH THE USE OF A PEER RATING SCALE AND A TEACHER RATING SCALE. A NUMBER OF METHODOLOGICAL…

The Employability Skills Program (ESP) at Edison High School was designed to serve 10th grade students who were considered to be potential dropouts because of basic skills deficiencies, poor attitudes toward school, or individual adjustment problems. The major student-related objectives of the project were to improve basic skills, improve…

The Connection, a 15-month demonstration program which provided educational and social services to high-risk adolescents at South High School in Minneapolis, Minnesota, is reviewed and evaluated in this report. The program, conducted through a collaborative effort between the University of Minnesota and Minneapolis Public Schools, provided…

This document summarizes annual reports of two organizations providing specialized education, training, and work experience to targeted youth who have not been effectively served by the current education system in Minnesota. The City, Inc., in Minneapolis, and the Bi-County Community Action Council, Inc. (BI-CAP) in Bemidji, provided programs for…