This exploration of contemporary beliefs about truancy looks historically at the relationship between views about the normality, as well as the deviance, of particular patterns of schooling, and argues that truanting needs to be understood, in social terms, as being out of place. The argument is developed through a discussion of state policies on…

One of a series of implementation documents prepared in conjunction with the revised minimum standards adopted in 1983 by the Ohio State Board of Education for elementary and secondary schools, this publication provides guidelines for developing attendance policies and procedures, reviews considerations related to attendance, and suggests…

CHICAGO HAS IMPLEMENTED A NUMBER OF PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE QUALITY EDUCATION FOR PUPILS IN MIGRANT FAMILIES. THE BOARD OF EDUCATION HAS UTILIZED THESE RESOURCES--(1) THE DISTRICT 11 PROJECT, A THREE-PART PROGRAM ENCOURAGING YOUNG PEOPLE TO REMAIN IN SCHOOL, (2) AFTER SCHOOL READING CLASSES, (3) THE CONTINUOUS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, AN…

This research brief, one of a series being prepared to help inform the public debate surrounding the reauthorization of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families block grant, uses data from the 1999 National Survey of America's Families to examine the outcomes for children of welfare leavers and current welfare recipients; outcomes examined…

Today and every day, in neighborhoods and communities throughout Philadelphia, young people are making decisions that will change their lives forever. Some will decide to stay in school, graduate, and prepare themselves for college and careers. Others, who left school without a diploma, will summon the courage to seek out educational programs they…

The project described in this article investigates student explanations of truancy and dropout, and associated demographic and academic variables among Cambodian students (N=23) at a comprehensive high school. Results suggest that students at high risk of truancy can be identified before they start high school on the basis of their behavior in…

Objectives: This study documents the extent and impact of perceived patterns of behavior in a sample of youths of the streets of Ibadan, Nigeria, with the purpose of implementing a Life Skills Educational (LSE) intervention. Method: The study uses both qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection. Qualitatively, two Focus Group…

The 14 City Technology Colleges (CTCs) opened so far in Great Britain are achieving an average attendance rate of between 90 percent and 97 percent. This high level of attendance has been assisted by the use of electronic registration (role taking) devices, including smart cards, portable computers, and optical readers. This report compares…

Ten essays on the use of ethnography in educational assessment are presented. Overview essays include: (1) "Beyond the Status Quo in Ethnographic Educational Evaluation" (David M. Fetterman) and (2) "The Ethnographic Evaluator" (David M. Fetterman). Theoretical papers include: (3) "Theory in Education Evaluation: Or,…

A MODEL INTENDED TO PREDICT THE RELATIVE COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF ALTERNATIVE EDUCATIONAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS WITHIN THE SAME SCHOOL-COMMUNITY SETTING IS DEVELOPED. THE MODEL IS AN ATTEMPT TO AID IN DECISIONS CONCERNING ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMS OF TITLE I OF THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT OF 1965. COSTS ARE ESTIMATED FROM BUDGET ALLOCATIONS.…

School security directors, educators, and social scientists met in conference to explore in depth the causes of school crime and to recommend realistic means of containing and minimizing it. The conferees made the following recommendations. All school administrators should set up an appropriate recordkeeping system in order to pinpoint patterns of…

This is the 9th annual report on conditions affecting the Racine Unified School District RUSD). Over the past decade, the conditions affecting the district as well as the school outcomes have changed in some ways and remained stable in others. This analysis compares RUSD to nine peer school districts and the state of Wisconsin. RUSD peer…

The development and implementation of a model rehabilitative program is described in this dissertation. The conceptual model was developed to identify and characterize behavior patterns which interfere with learning in urban junior high schools. The six major behavior categories addressed include: dependent behavior, truancy, aggressive behavior,…

This article describes the methodology and program effects of the Secondary Schools Demonstration Project (SSDP) conducted in four Ontario schools. The objective of the study was to evaluate the extent to which a universal program model of three interventions--cooperative learning; classroom management; and peer-helping approaches that included…

Information was collected at six urban high schools in the Northwest during 1984 and 1985 to describe the procedures used to manage student absenteeism and to compare the schools on staff implementation of and satisfaction with the absentee procedures used. An additional purpose was to investigate the influence of school procedures on student…