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Download full textBoyle, Kathleen – 1992
The lives and places in society of urban youth at risk of dropping out of the Los Angeles (California) Unified School District schools are explored through interviews of adolescents whom the author met when doing field work in Los Angeles County. Data come from interviews conducted in the course of the 1991 Drug Use Forecasting Study (DUF) and the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Black Students, Child Abuse, Crack
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Office of Research, Evaluation, and Assessment. – 1992
Project Guidance Oriented Acquisition of Learning Skills' (GOALS) high school students (Asian, European, Hispanic, Haitian) who scored at or below the 40th percentile on the Language Assessment Battery and were at risk of dropping out of school received instruction in English as a Second Language (ESL); bilingual and/or ESL content area courses;…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Attendance, Career Education, Chinese
Ziervogel, A., Comp.; Lewy, A., Ed. – 1992
The curriculum extension program (CEP) of the Shell Science Centre provided group tutoring to small groups of secondary school pupils using qualified teachers. This evaluation report presents articles discussing various aspects of the program and its effectiveness. The first article by A. Ziervogel provides a review of the program. The following…
Descriptors: Attendance, Attendance Patterns, Curriculum Development, Dropout Characteristics
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. – 1992
A review of North Carolina public preschool, elementary school, and secondary school education was done with the aim of increasing school districts' effectiveness in improving outcomes for all students, particularly improving the low achievement and postsecondary school attendance rates of African American males. Focus was on determining the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Education, Black Students, College Attendance
Gibbs, Robert M., Ed.; Swaim, Paul L., Ed.; Teixeira, Ruy, Ed. – 1998
This book examines the education, training, and skill supply of the rural workforce; the role of rural workforce quality in rural development; and the barriers that prevent many rural people from obtaining the skills needed for good jobs. Data are drawn from large national surveys of schools, students, and households. The first three chapters…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Literacy, Dropouts, Education Work Relationship
Children First for Oregon, Portland. – 1998
This Kids Count databook examines statewide trends in the well-being of Oregon's children, focusing on youth at risk. The statistical report is based on 12 indicators of well-being: (1) juvenile arrests; (2) teen sexuality; (3) high school dropout rate; (4) teen suicide; (5) reading proficiency; (6) math proficiency; (7) child abuse and neglect;…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Birth Weight, Child Health, Child Welfare
Stevenson, Phyllis Fay – 1998
A case study was conducted of the Peguis Adult High School program (PAHS), a community-based adult education in a Manitoba First Nation community for repeat dropouts and students who did not fit into regular high school. A literature review of the historical relationship between federal/provincial governments and First Nation communities examined…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Canada Natives, Career Education
Wright, David E., III; Hirlinger, Michael W.; England, Robert E. – 1998
Even after a desegregation plan has been fully implemented, minority group children may continue to receive unequal treatment in school through the use of common educational practices such as ability grouping and disciplinary measures. These resegregative or "second generation discrimination" practices have an adverse effect on the life…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, American Indian Education, American Indians, Boards of Education
Apling, Richard N. – 1991
This report examines "non-traditional" students in higher education and their characteristics, the types of institutions they attend, and their participation in federal student aid programs. Using data from the "National Postsecondary Student Aid Survey of 1986" the study compares five groups of "non-traditional"…
Descriptors: Adult Students, College Students, Community Colleges, Dependents
Hilson Research Inc., Kew Gardens, NY. – 1992
Abstracts and bibliographic citations are given for the following documents concerned with the use and characteristics of the Hilson Adolescent Profile (HAP): (1) "Use of the Hilson Adolescent Profile To Compare Juvenile Offenders with Junior and Senior High School Students" (R. E. Inwald and K. E. Brobst); (2) "The Effectiveness of…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Adolescent Behavior, Adolescents, Annotated Bibliographies
American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, Washington, DC. – 1992
This booklet describes projects undertaken at American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) institutions in response to the National Education Goals and "America 2000." Following an introduction by Dr. Marilyn J. Guy, AACTE President, the publication is organized by goal as follows: (1) "Readiness for School"…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, College School Cooperation, Dropout Prevention, Drug Education
Clark, Andrew – 1993
This report provides evaluative information regarding the effectiveness of Project Aprendizaje, a New York City program that served 269 Spanish-speaking students of limited English proficiency (LEP). The project promoted parent and community involvement by sponsoring cultural events, such as a large Latin American festival. Students developed…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Bilingual Education, Compensatory Education
Virginia Adult Educators Research Network, Dayton. – 1993
This volume contains five reports of practitioner research projects within adult education programs in Virginia. "Learning in Everyday Life" (Susan Erno, Diane Foucar-Szocki) explores use of a monthly calendar as a time management and goal-setting tool for adult learners in a workplace setting. "Factors Related to Student Retention…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Action Research, Adult Education, Adult Students
Ysseldyke, James E.; And Others – 1994
This booklet explains the model of educational outcomes and indicators for students completing school developed by the National Center on Educational Outcomes. It then discusses suggested sources of information for the model's 77 indicators which measure the results of education. The model lists specific outcomes for the school completion level,…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Data Collection, Disabilities, Dropouts
Waggener, Anna T.; Smith, Constance K. – 1993
The first purpose of this study was to identify significant factors affecting the first benchmark in retaining students in college--the decision to enroll in the first fall semester after orientation. The second purpose was to examine enrollment decisions at the second benchmark--the decision to re-enroll in the second fall semester after freshman…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Age Differences, Beliefs
