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Download full textNampota, Dorothy Cynthia – Online Submission, 2009
Due to the increasing number of children and youth dropping out of school, the Malawi government came up with a strategy to address their learning needs through non-formal means in its Education for All (EFA) plan. This resulted in the introduction of a three-year cycle pilot programme known as Complementary Basic Education (CBE). Funded by GTZ, a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developing Nations, Educational Policy, Curriculum Development
Barnes, Susan; Stewart, Jane – 1991
This paper describes a study of an alternative, innovative high school designed to serve at-risk students and dropouts returning to public school. The PRIDE (Positive Responsible Individuals Desiring Education) Center, located in San Marcos (Texas) Consolidated Independent School District, opened in September 1989. The center's program includes…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Dropout Programs, Educational Innovation, High Risk Students
Griffin, Edward; And Others – 1984
The study examines the relationship between success upon leaving an alternative school program and immediate measures of program effect. The strength of the relationship was used to determine the degree to which the program effected its long term goals of preparing students for future academic or vocational success. Student success was defined as…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Behavior Modification, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
Norris, Carol A.; Chan, Susy S. – 1979
The mid-year evaluation of the Bostrom Alternative Center for Education (BACE) during its third year of operation (1978-79) reviewed student characteristics, student termination, and results of student, parent and staff surveys. Students (N=334) attended Bostrom Center during the first semester. The academic program had the largest student…
Descriptors: Counseling Effectiveness, Dropout Programs, High School Students, Minority Groups
Little, Joanne – 1990
This manual details the fundamental steps necessary to create a successful tutoring program. It is based on the experiences of the Anderson (South Carolina) School District One (ASDO) in their tutoring project initiated in 1989-90. The school district intended to increase homework completion, raise test scores, improve attendance, and generate…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attitude Change, Dropout Programs, Educational Objectives
Institute for Educational Development, New York, NY. – 1973
Harlem Preparatory School is an independent, nongraded, alternative school for young men and women who have either left high school before receiving a diploma, who wish to receive an academic diploma rather than a general or vocational diploma, or who wish to "recondition" their learning skills so that they may be better prepared to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Admission, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Programs
Chicago Board of Education, IL. Dept. of Research and Evaluation. – 1978
The One Major at a Time (OMAT) dropout program implemented for ninth and tenth graders by the Chicago, Illinois public schools is examined in this second year study. A description of the program includes information on its purpose, organization, instructional methods, student population, and objectives. Data on findings compare OMAT students with…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Attitude Measures, Compensatory Education, Dropout Programs
Fredman, Norman; And Others – 1973
The Reach-Out Program served as an enriched guidance service for potential dropouts. It sought, by closer contact with the home, to improve pupil attitude, attendance, punctuality, and reading competence and to make pupils and parents aware of those services available in school and community that would facilitate learning and maturity. The program…
Descriptors: Attendance, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
Simon, Alan J. – 1970
The purpose of this program, funded under Title I of 1965 Elementary Secondary Act, is to send paraprofessional workers who are familiar with the community into the homes of high school students who show serious problems in school attendance, adjustment, or achievement. The objective is to establish rapport between the school and the parents in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Prevention
Grannis, Joseph; And Others – 1989
This document comprises part 2 of a two-part evaluation of the third-year implementation of the New York City Board of Education's 3-year high school Dropout Prevention Initiative (DPI). It consists of reports on 8 special substudies of the program in year 3 (part 1 describes the DPI and presents the evaluation findings and recommendations.) The…
Descriptors: Black Students, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, High Risk Students
Beard, Samuel P., Jr.; And Others – 1978
This document describes a program developed and implemented in three Philadelphia schools for the purpose of reducing the number of dropouts at the elementary, junior high, and high school levels. A needs assessment of the three schools, a review of the related literature, and the objectives of the program are provided. Specific strategies…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance Patterns, Basic Skills, Discipline Policy
HAKKARAINEN, EDWARD A. – 1967
A REMEDIAL READING INSTRUCTION PROJECT TO IMPROVE THE SKILLS OF HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS IS EVALUATED. CENTERS WERE ESTABLISHED AT THREE SITES TO SERVE 750 DROPOUTS REFERRED BY VARIOUS COMMUNITY AGENCIES. THE PROJECT WAS STAFFED BY SIX REMEDIAL READING TEACHERS, SEVEN COMMUNITY AIDES, AND ONE LIAISON WORKER. INDIVIDUALIZED INSTRUCTION USING A VARIETY…
Descriptors: Attendance, Case Studies, Dropout Programs, Enrollment
Eash, Maurice J. – 1970
The results of a comprehensive curriculum evaluation of the Christian Action Ministry (CAM) Academy, which was founded to help black dropouts complete their high school education and secure college placement are reported. The CAM Academy requested the assistance of the University of Illinois in undertaking a comprehensive curriculum evaluation to…
Descriptors: Black Community, Black Education, Church Programs, College Students
City Univ. of New York, Flushing, NY. Queens Coll. – 1984
Operation Success is a pilot project funded by the New York State Education Department to provide support services to high school dropouts and potential dropouts. It offers programs, including employment programs, intended to develop skills, self-awareness and self-direction, enourage career goals, and develop appropriate attitudes toward the…
Descriptors: Attendance, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
Erickson, Edsel; And Others – 1971
The main stated purpose of this project is to send 100 Family Assistants who are familiar with the community into the homes of senior high school students who show serious problems in school attendance, adjustment, and/or achievement. The project is designed to provide a link between home and school for 15,000 such potential dropouts by having the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Attitude Change, Dropout Characteristics
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