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What Works Clearinghouse, 2015
"Reconnecting Youth" is an elective, credit-bearing course for students at risk of dropping out of school due to frequent absenteeism, low grades, or a history of dropping out. The curriculum focuses on building self-esteem, decision making, personal control, and interpersonal communication skills. The What Works Clearninghouse (WWC)…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, At Risk Students, Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness
Drane, Jeanne George, Ed.; Connell, Tracy, Ed. – 1973
St. Louis schools are served by five major programs funded by Title I of the Elementary Secondary Education Act of 1965. The Reading Improvement Teams help those children whose reading deficit is the greatest. Each team is composed of a principal, a reading assistant, a remedial reading teacher, a reading aide, and 10 classroom teachers. The Rooms…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Basic Skills, Dropout Prevention, High Schools
Drane, Jeanne G., Ed. – 1972
This document includes summaries of the annual evaluations of the five major programs in St. Louis funded under Title I of the 1965 Elementary Secondary Education Act. The general purposes of the Reading Improvement Teams program were to improve the reading skills of the children with the greatest reading problems in the Title I schools and to…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Dropout Prevention, Elementary Education, Federal Programs
Kilbane, Marian; Fleming, Margaret – 1972
The Production Workshop Project was designed to promote the educational rehabilitation of selected ninth-grade students. Programs in block-scheduled academic instruction were integrated with vocational training in a Production Workshop setting. The 1971-72 Project activities served a total of 243 students--117 boys and 126 girls. Approximately 68…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Drama Workshops, Dropout Prevention