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Garfunkel, Frank – Equity and Choice, 1986
Concept of "special education" focuses on schools' duty to develop programs that include and educate even the most difficult of the disabled. The concept of "school failure" puts the responsibility on the students, excluding them, though they also have a "disability.""Zero reject" concept, which includes all students, is recommended. (PS)
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Accountability, Dropout Programs, High Risk Students
Schneider, Joe – Equity and Choice, 1986
Current demands for educational excellence will probably help better students get better; may help average students, who struggle, to enhance achievement; but may create more dropouts among poor students. Students with low grade point averages benefit little from exposure to tougher courses and suffer from loss of vocational and general education…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Dropout Characteristics, Educational Improvement, High School Students
Edelman, Marian Wright – Equity and Choice, 1986
Causes of inadequate educational results for poor and minority children are enumerated. Consequences of resultant increase in dropping out are listed. Solution involves tackling the following: (1) funding disparities between poor and affluent neighborhoods; (2) achievement gap between whites and minorities; (3) dearth of work-oriented programs;…
Descriptors: Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Quality
Wheelock, Anne – Equity and Choice, 1986
Recent literature suggests it is not students' backgrounds, but schools' response to students' backgrounds that determines students' success in school. School practices and policies adopted in response to student performance in attendance, academics, and behavior also have a significant impact on students' decision to leave school before…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Characteristics, High Risk Students
Spence, Cathie Slater – Equity and Choice, 1986
Cleveland's Comprehensive School-Age Parenting Program focuses on the following: (1) providing preventive health education to give middle school students a sense of identity and self-awareness; (2) preventing the mother from dropping out; and (3) helping the father cope with the situation and remain in school. (PS)
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Early Parenthood, Family Life Education
Moore, Donald R.; Davenport, Suzanne – Equity and Choice, 1989
Examines the effects of high school choice on high risk students in four large urban school districts. Finds that with the exception of some magnet school programs, admissions procedures and program consequences usually operate to the detriment of students at risk. (FMW)
Descriptors: Admission (School), Dropout Research, Equal Education, High Risk Students
Garlington, Jocelyn – Equity and Choice, 1993
Presents insights gained from the operation of the With and for Parents program in the Harlem Park neighborhood of Baltimore (Maryland). The aim was to increase the influence of low-income minority parents over children's decisions to remain in school until graduation. Changing parent attitudes was the project's key. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Attitude Change, Black Community, Decision Making
