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Download full textNaylor, Michele – 1987
Students drop out of school because of a variety of family, economic, and racial factors that can be categorized as either alienation, lack of motivation, or disadvantage. The key to reducing the dropout rate is helping youth to overcome their sense of disconnection. Students with low motivation to attend school have shown improvement in school…
Descriptors: Career Education, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropout Research
Thurston, Ronald L.; Weber, Lester C. – 1971
Vocational Village was opened by the Portland (Oregon) School District in 1968 to provide opportunities for students who had not been successful in traditional high school programs. A basic concept of the programs initiated at Vocational Village was the desire to personalize and individualize instruction. However, as operations got under way it…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Dropout Programs, Dropouts, Individualized Instruction
Weber, James M.; And Others – 1982
This report represents a synthesis of existing data on the basic skills of vocational students. An introduction provides background information, lists objectives, and describes the framework and methodology for the literature review and acquisition and analysis of four data bases: National Assessment of Education Progress, Supplemental…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Comparative Analysis, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Programs
Kallembach, Sheri, Comp.; And Others – 1992
This annotated resource list is intended to help state and local administrators of vocational special needs programs, special needs educators, counselors, researchers, and policy makers develop or improve programs and services for at-risk youth and adults. The list is not intended to be exhaustive but to list resources that are representative of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adult Vocational Education, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities
North Carolina State Advisory Council on Vocational Education, Raleigh. – 1990
This is the second of five volumes of essays in the form of recommendations for the improvement of programs, services, and activities offered through vocational-technical education in North Carolina. The volume explains the rationale for, and comments on, 18 recommendations prepared by the State Advisory Council on Vocational Education for fiscal…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Auto Mechanics, Career Development, College Presidents
National Governors' Association, Washington, DC. – 1992
These proceedings include 13 "perspectives from the field" and 9 selected papers (with abstracts) from a national conference on recommended policies and practices for investing in youth. The 13 perspectives papers are as follows: "Saving the Next Generation" (Berlin); "Effective Strategies for Investing in Youth"…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Community Action, Coordination, Dropout Prevention
