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Download full textWehlage, Gary; And Others – 1989
Despite many responses to the dropout problem, it remains unclear which school strategies are successful with at-risk students. State initiatives are well intentioned, but have certain limitations. Criteria such as local accountability, school-by-school regeneration and reform, longitudinal strategies, and horizontal coordination are needed. This…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Cooperative Programs, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
National Foundation for the Improvement of Education, Washington, DC. – 1987
The school dropout rate is a problem which educators cannot solve alone. It will take a total societal effort to design solutions. This document presents the ideas and strategies discussed at a conference on dropout prevention attended by leaders of national education organizations. Theoretical as well as practical suggestions are given to begin…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Action, Community Programs, Dropout Prevention
Department of Education, Washington, DC. – 1992
Guidelines designed to help individual communities achieve the second National Education Goal are offered in this document. The goal states that by the year 2000, the high school graduation rate will increase to at least 90 percent. Eight suggestions for creating successful dropout prevention efforts are discussed: start early; set high…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Community Action, Community Planning, Community Programs
Clark, Terry A. – 1987
This paper discusses the potential of school district-based and community-wide approaches to dropout prevention, and provides a summary of the goals and expected outcomes of the Consortium on Dropout Prevention, and the Urban Dropout Prevention Collaboratives Program. The Consortium on Dropout Prevention was formed to cooperatively gather and…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Cooperative Programs, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
Illinois State Council on Vocational Education, Springfield. – 1986
This publication reports on the Illinois Council on Vocational Education's (ICoVE) recognition program. The program was designed to (1) commend achievement in vocational education; (2) collect information about vocational education and evaluate its success; (3) provide a resource guide of successful vocational education programs and activities;…
Descriptors: Career Education, College Programs, Community Programs, Dropout Programs
National Youth Employment Coalition, Washington, DC. – 1998
This document consists of descriptions of 43 effective youth employment initiatives that were identified by the Promising and Effective Practices Network (PEPNet), a project of the National Youth Employment Coalition (NYEC). The document begins with an explanation of the five broad categories of criteria used to select the programs (purpose and…
Descriptors: Career Academies, Career Counseling, Career Development, Career Exploration
