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Alberta Education Response Centre, Edmonton. – 1991
The Teacher Alert System was designed in Alberta, Canada, for classroom teachers and school personnel concerned about the needs of "at risk" students. The guide can assist in the identification, assessment, and intervention process for children who have special needs. The student's problems may be related to learning, emotions, or…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Alpern, Michael – 1991
The Integrated Occupational Program (IOP) is a new program of studies that is being developed and implemented by Alberta Education (Canada) to meet the needs of students who are identified as being at risk and unable to cope with the regular program. A major feature of the program is its emphasis on first developing students' self-esteem and then,…
Descriptors: Community Cooperation, Cooperative Education, Education Work Relationship, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedHoyt, William – Catalyst for Change, 1975
Describes an experimental dropout prevention program in which selected high school students are assigned to a "homeroom" teacher who gives each student extra personal attention and works with each student and his parents to develop the best educational plan for the student. (JG)
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Experimental Programs, High School Students, Individualized Programs
Massachusetts Governor's Office of Educational Affairs, Boston. – 1986
This paper describes the first six months of activities and accomplishments of Commonwealth Futures, an initiative designed to provide services to at-risk youth in Massachusetts schools. Major activities are outlined chronologically, implementation problems and successes are briefly discussed, and projected future activities are listed. These…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Involvement, Community Planning, Coordination
Watts, Owen; And Others – 1987
This study was designed to investigate the effects of the changes suggested in the Report of the Committee of Inquiry into Education in Western Australia (Beazley Report) and the Report of the Ministerial Working Party on School Certification and Tertiary Admissions Procedures (McGaw Report). Special attention was directed to the impact that the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Developed Nations, Educationally Disadvantaged, Foreign Countries
Anton, William – 1982
This report outlines the major findings and recommendations of a study of drop-outs and "divergent youth" in Los Angeles public schools. The purposes of the research were to: identify the divergent youth population; study current practices and options which negatively impact the students' social and academic progress within the…
Descriptors: Delinquency, Dropout Characteristics, High Schools, Intervention
Download full textGrossnickle, Donald R. – 1986
This booklet addresses the issue of high school dropouts. The dropout problem is briefly reviewed and dropout statistics are presented. A section on identifying the dropout lists early warning signs of potential dropouts and examines reasons for dropping out. Seven profiles of dropouts are included which provide personal insights, describe…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropouts, High Risk Students
Ohio State Dept. of Education, Columbus. – 1983
This dropout prevention guide was designed to assist school districts in identifying potential dropouts and in developing and implementing programs that provide prevention, intervention, and remediation. The introductory section briefly reviews the purpose, design, and origin of this guide and recognizes national dropout concerns, the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropouts
Azumi, Jann; Gourgey, Annette – 1985
This paper provides information about Newark (New Jersey) high school students who have officially dropped out of school. The report is divided into four sections. The first section is an overview of the dropout rate of two cohorts of students: freshmen in 1979-80, and freshmen in 1980-81. The second section includes 1984-85 data, based on monthly…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Rate
Veach, June P. – 1988
This booklet for students is part of a series of program materials for a school-based intervention process to help at-risk students stay in school. It lists members of the helping process team, discusses what the helping process team does, and describes the eight steps in the helping process. The steps are as follows: referral, needs…
Descriptors: Career Education, Counseling, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
Foley, Eileen M.; McConnaughy, Susan B. – 1982
This paper evaluates the impact on student achievement made by eight New York City alternative high schools. The schools serve students with histories of poor attendance and low academic achievement, so an emphasis is placed, in the first section of this report, on findings which reveal students' credit accumulation and attendance patterns in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Attendance Patterns, Case Studies
Peer reviewedAnderson, Eula Lewis – Business Education Forum, 1974
Descriptors: Business Education, Clerical Workers, Disadvantaged Youth, Job Skills
Wilson, H. Greg. – 1976
This report is addressed to administrators in the field of correspondence education. In dealing with attrition, it suggests that it is possible to control the proportion of those who do not start after enrollment; it may be possible to reclaim those who fail an examination; and the proportion of those who drop out may be reduced. Beginning with a…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Comparative Analysis, Correspondence Schools, Correspondence Study
STRITE, LABAR – 1965
THE ODDS THAT THE PROJECT POPULATION WOULD STAY IN SCHOOL HAD BEEN INCREASED FROM 50-50 BEFORE THE PROJECT TO 3-1 AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT. THE CHANCE OF EXPULSION FOR DISCIPLINARY REASONS WAS REDUCED FROM 1 IN 3 TO 1 IN 15. LENNOX HIGH SCHOOL PERSONNEL FELT THAT MONEY INVESTED TO IMPROVE EDUCATION FOR POTENTIAL DROPOUTS BY ADAPTING MATERIAL AND…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Instruction, Communication Skills, Compensatory Education, Dropout Prevention
Texas Small Schools Project, Austin. – 1965
A THREE YEAR STUDY, WHICH WAS MADE OF DROPOUTS IN 49 SMALL SCHOOLS PARTICIPATING IN THE TEXAS SMALL SCHOOLS PROJECT, WAS MADE TO DETERMINE THE NUMBER OF DROPOUTS, THEIR AGE, GRADE, SEX, AND REASON FOR DROPPING OUT. THREE FIGURES AND THREE CHARTS SUMMARIZE THE RESULTS. THE STUDY REVEALED THAT (1) MORE MALES DROPPED OUT THAN FEMALES, (2) THE AVERAGE…
Descriptors: Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Rate
