INFORMATION RELEVANT TO THE PROBLEM OF EARLY SCHOOL LEARNING WAS PRESENTED. A MAJORITY OF THE 89 SCHOOLS IN THE HOLDING POWER PROJECT OF THE BUREAU OF GUIDANCE IN THE NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WERE RURAL. HOLDING POWER WAS DEFINED AS THE RATIO OF THE NUMBER OF GRADUATES IN A SECONDARY SCHOOL CLASS TO THE POTENTIAL NUMBER OF GRADUATES IN…

PERSONAL COUNSELING OF STUDENTS IS THE HEART OF A GUIDANCE PROGRAM. A FEDERALLY ASSISTED PROGRAM TO ENCOURAGE DROPOUTS TO RETURN TO SCHOOL HAS AIDED THE GUIDANCE DEPARTMENTS OF NEW JERSEY SECONDARY SCHOOLS. THE SUMMER PROGRAM INCLUDED PERSONAL HOME INTERVIEWS, INSERVICE ORIENTATION FOR TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS, A FLEXIBLE AND ADJUSTED PROGRAM OF…

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…

The at-risk students served by vocational education include academically disadvantaged students, dropouts, students with limited English proficiency (LEP), pregnant teens, single parents, migrants, economically disadvantaged students, handicapped students, and potential dropouts. The claim that the U.S. economy is healthy because unemployment is…