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Download full textFrankel, Steven M. – 1973
This document summarizes the significant findings, overall methodology, and policy recommendations for the Assessment of School Supervised Work Education Programs. It consists of material contained in the Data Analysis Report together with a description of the analysis model developed for each respondent group. Individual predictor items were…
Descriptors: Cooperative Education, Dropout Prevention, Models, On the Job Training
Peer reviewedKeller, Arnold J. – Clearing House, 1977
At Egbert Junior High School on Staten Island a pilot project--the Cooperative Education program--has managed to survive the rash of program cutbacks and elimination occurring in New York City public schools. Describes the reasons for its success by evaluating two very distinctive characteristics--its cooperative work program on a junior high…
Descriptors: Career Education, Dropout Prevention, Junior High Schools, Program Descriptions
HAMBURGER, MARTIN – 1965
A DESCRIPTIVE EVALUATION HAS BEEN MADE OF A NEW YORK CITY COOPERATIVE PROGRAM TO MOTIVATE POTENTIAL DROPOUTS AND TO PROVIDE THEM WITH SUPERVISED, PAID EMPLOYMENT AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THEIR HIGH SCHOOL EXPERIENCE. THE BASIC STUDY SAMPLE WAS CONFINED TO GROUPS, BOYS AND GIRLS, IN FOUR PREDOMINANTLY NEGRO-PUERTO RICAN HIGH SCHOOLS IN NEW YORK CITY.…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Blacks, Control Groups, Cooperative Programs
LONGSTRETH, LANGDON E.; AND OTHERS – 1962
SANTA MONICA HIGH SCHOOL, IN 1960-1961, ESTABLISHED A PROGRAM DESIGNED TO HOLD A SELECTED GROUP OF POTENTIAL DROPOUTS IN SCHOOL IN ORDER TO IMPROVE SCHOLASTIC MOTIVATION, REDUCE DEVIANT BEHAVIOR, DEVELOP INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS, AND PROVIDE PRELIMINARY WORK EXPERIENCE. TWO EXPERIMENTAL AND TWO CONTROL CLASSES WERE FORMED. THE STUDENTS ATTENDED…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Development, Counseling Services, Dropout Prevention
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, H. Tupper – 1971
Project Stay is a demonstration project of the St. Louis Public Schools, funded under Title VIII of Public Law 90-247, with several programs concentrating on reducing the number of dropouts. The project has the purpose of identifying students who are potential dropouts, determining their individual needs, and developing programs to meet those…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Curriculum Development, Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Characteristics
Poulos, Nicholis – 1982
The Detroit Job Upgrading Program assists high school aged boys and girls who have dropped out of school, or who are considered to be potential dropouts, to reenroll and to progress satisfactorily until graduation. Students are also prepared for gainful employment in the nation's work force. The program is geared toward helping such youths make a…
Descriptors: Attendance, Career Counseling, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
MOORE, JAMES W. – 1963
STEP IS A PART-TIME SCHOOL, PART-TIME WORK PROGRAM DESIGNED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF POTENTIAL SCHOOL DROPOUTS 15 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER. PUPILS ATTEND SCHOOL IN THE MORNING AND WORK IN THE AFTERNOONS. THE TEACHER-COORDINATOR PLAYS A CRUCIAL ROLE AND MEETS WITH A GROUP OF 15 TO 20 PUPILS DAILY TO "ORIENT" THEM TO SCHOOL AND WORK EXPERIENCES.…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Dropout Prevention, Job Training, Part Time Employment
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
New York Univ., NY. Center for Field Research and School Services. – 1973
The High School Redirection Program was designed to maintain 240 potential dropouts in an educational-vocational setting while assisting them to progress toward a high school diploma. Students were admitted from 13 high schools in Brooklyn and from Andrew Jackson in Queens. They were to follow a work-study program through the summer and regular…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance Records, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention
McLawhorn, James E. – 1975
The purpose of this practicum was to develop and test a model work experience program designed to meet the needs of junior high school students identified as educationally disadvantaged and/or potential school dropouts. The model program included occupational orientation, occupational preparation, and on-the-job training experiences. The program…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Guidance, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention
PDF pending restorationBreglio, Vincent J.; And Others – 1976
This is the second of a three-volume final report of a study to assess the effectiveness of secondary and postsecondary cooperative education programs in the nation's hundred largest cities and to analyze the postprogram experiences of participants and nonparticipants. This volume presents the findings of the 24-month followup study of students…
Descriptors: Career Exploration, Case Studies, Cooperative Education, Dropout Prevention
