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Black, Susan – American School Board Journal, 1997
Believing in students is what's behind the best alternative schools. Profiles of various alternative education programs reveal stringent requirements for students' self-discipline and responsibility for learning. Some districts are turning to alternative programs and schools in an effort to keep their regular schools safe. (MLF)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, High Risk Students
Download full textWehlage, Gary; And Others – 1982
This four-part report provides both a theoretical framework and empirical data concerning effective programs for the marginal high school student. Part 1 addresses the problem of adolescent social development as a broad educational goal. Part 2 presents a set of six case studies describing special programs in Wisconsin designed for the marginal…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Dropout Prevention, Educational Objectives
Preston, Jim – 1975
The document is a year-end report of a comprehensive student placement and followup program which is part of the career education project of Sarasota County, Florida. An overview of three basic components of the district-wide system is presented: (1) exit interview format--an in-depth counseling session with dropouts and potential early school…
Descriptors: Career Education, Counseling Services, Dropout Programs, Dropouts
Center for Vocational Arts, Norwalk, CT. – 1968
The Center for Vocational Arts has completed 3 years of providing occupational training for school alienated youth. The report of the first 2 years of operation was published August 31, 1967 (ED 016 868) and a brief summary of that report is included in this report of the activities and research findings for the period September 1, 1967 to August…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Case Studies, Counseling, Disadvantaged Youth
Smurthwaite, Ann; And Others – 1977
Examined is the success of Monash's Early Leavers' Scheme in terms of the performance, characteristics, and experience of successful applicants, and the manner in which the scheme has operated. The first section of the report provides background information on the establishment of the Scheme (to provide a modification to entry requirements for…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Admission Criteria, College Admission, College Applicants
Connecticut State Dept. of Education, Hartford. – 1967
A TOTAL OF 272 SCHOOL ALIENATED YOUTH--DROPOUTS AND POTENTIAL DROPOUTS--WERE SERVED BY THE CENTER BETWEEN NOVEMBER 1965 AND JUNE 1967 IN THE FOLLOWING VOCATIONAL AREAS--AUTOMOTIVE SERVICES, CHILD CARE, FOOD SERVICES, HEALTH SERVICES, RETAILING SERVICES, OFFICE OPERATIONS, MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS, MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR, AND LANDSCAPING AND…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Case Studies, Classification, Counseling
Center for Vocational Arts, Norwalk, CT. – 1968
This document is an appendix to the second interim report, "A Pilot Project to Develop a Program of Occupational Training for School Alienated Youth," VT 007 457. Included are the complete reports of the 1967-68 evaluation done by the Office of Field Research and School Services, New York University: (1) A Comparative Study of the…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Case Studies, Counseling, Disadvantaged Youth
Weber, James M.; Silvani-Lacey, Cindy – 1983
A study synthesized existing data and information on the characteristics of actual and potential dropouts and identified strategies and techniques employed in vocational programs in order to remedy basic skill deficiencies in these youths. During the study, a veriety of sources were examined, including school performance and job proficiency data,…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Change Strategies, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Programs
Tallmadge, G. Kasten; Yuen, Sandra D. – 1981
A study assessed the impact of the Career Intern Program (CIP) on participating students. (The CIP is an alternative high school designed to enable disadvantaged and alienated dropouts or potential dropouts to earn regular high school diplomas, to prepare them for meaningful employment or postsecondary education, and to facilitate their transition…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Career Education, Case Studies, Dropout Prevention
Langsdorf, Michael; Gibboney, Richard A. – 1977
Efforts of the Career Intern Program (CIP) to help urban youth get a basic education and further training or a paying job, are described in this report, written for the educator or school board member interested in a program combining basic and career education for high school youth who are not succeeding in regular schools (dropouts or those…
Descriptors: Administrators, Admission Criteria, Career Development, Career Education
