Many developmental educators have been assigned increased responsibilities for campus-wide enrollment management activities. A new system is needed for educators to more accurately sort through the rapidly growing database of information related to student retention. This will enable the reader to more quickly identify promising practices for…

A description of a behavioral intervention using token rewards that facilitated talking with deviant adolescent boys about their feelings in group therapy and produced dramatic short-term improvement in school adjustment but ultimately failed because of lack of institutional support. Implications for behavioral treatment programs are discussed in…

During the 1960's, there emerged innovative human service programs for youth. Among the actual differences in these programs compared to their older, established human service agencies was (is) the prominent position of the social value of client anonymity. This anonymity is examined in an attempt to understand its role. (RC)

The article examines the characteristics of persons not in the labor force in 1973, focusing primarily on how these characteristics bear on the likelihood of these persons entering the labor force. (Author)

The Summer Training and Education Program (STEP) provides 14 and 15 year olds with a paid summer experience that combines work, remediation in reading and math, and life skills instruction. This national, federally funded program is a response to data which show that poor academic performance and teenage pregnancy are important contributors to…

Teen Outreach is a school-based teenage pregnancy prevention program designed to decrease the incidence of teenage pregnancy and to increase the number of at-risk teenagers who successfully complete their high school education. Begun in 1981 in St. Louis, Missouri, Teen Outreach was implemented as a national replication study in 1983. There are…

This document reports on a study of the self-concept of students enrolled in a continuation high school. A random sample of 40 students was selected from a school of 190 students. All were administered the Piers-Harris Children's Self Concept Scale to determine their feelings about themselves, and an author-prepared questionnaire to determine…

The high school dropout rate is a matter for serious concern. Nationally, dropout prevention programs for at-risk youth have emerged and are increasing. In response to this situation a model middle school dropout prevention program was implemented for a small city public school system. This study assessed the effectiveness of the first year of the…

The articles in this booklet offering innovative ideas for school improvement were selected from Prototype pieces published in the Phi Delta Kappan since the fall of 1981. Each of the projects has been successfully implemented in a school and is currently in operation. The first section, "Keeping Kids in School" presents programs involving parents…

Educational Options Programs are special (New York City) high school programs centered around various career areas. Students must apply to these high schools or programs to attend. During 1987-88, the admissions policy was revised to increase program access. The revised policy mandated that half of each entering class (9th and 10th graders) would…

This report provides baseline data on attendance in the Chicago Public Schools. The report is divided into four sections and two tables. The first section, "The Effects of Student Assistance," examines the relationship between student attendance, achievement, and the dropout rate. The second section, "Attendance Statistics,"…

The single greatest issue facing American education today is how to improve the education of low achievers and other students at risk of school failure. Currently, elementary school students who have fallen behind academically are placed into special classes designed to eliminate those deficiencies. Students meet in a small group with either a…

This report constitutes a comprehensive investigation into the phenomenon known as upgrading in Toronto secondary schools. It is a follow-up of a preliminary study carried out in 1981-82. Upgrading refers to the process by which students who begin their high school careers taking Basic level courses/programs, eventually are advanced to more…