This report describes the status of Texas public education in six chapters. The first chapter is a summary compilation of overall student performance on the state performance assessments. Over 78 percent of all students taking the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS) passed all tests taken compared to 73 percent in 1998. This is impressive…

This project investigated the learning support needs of post-secondary Australian students with a psychiatric disability for the purpose of maximizing student retention. Fifteen focus groups were held throughout Australia with students, prospective students, teachers, support staff, and management. In addition, three surveys were completed by 256…

This report summarizes a selection of school system characteristics and performance indicators collected since the 1991-92 school year for the Wake County Public School System (WCPSS), North Carolina, and comparable local education agencies (LEAs) in North Carolina. Data are presented in figures to reveal longitudinal trends in the Wake County…

This novel and accompanying workbook tell the story of a young girl who had an awakening that made her realize that dropping out of school was wrong. It tells her story of achieving her dream, realized through sacrifice and determination, of graduating high school and attending college. The accompanying workbook presents vocabulary exercises,…

This bulletin is the report of the Second Commission on Life Adjustment Education for Youth. It consists of an account of the activities of the Commission carried on during its 3-year (1950-53) tenure (Chapter One), descriptions of related activities carried on in the different States and dioceses (Chapter Two), and an analysis of secondary…

The purpose of this article is to identify some characteristics of what the author calls a shadow system, an educational enterprise outside the formal school systems, and to investigate their implications for wider educational policy. (Author/RK)

The project is an attempt, through vocational education, to educate the disinterested and disadvantaged high school individually prescribed education (identification, diagnosis, prescription, and program modification) and places heavy emphasis on the role of student ombudsman or advocate. (AG)

Discusses various aspects of the role of students in community development and social service programs around the world, including rural and urban development, problems of locus of leadership, racial or religious tensions, and the needs of youth themselves. (SF)

Summarizes a survey of nine families of children participating in a compensatory education program, investigating the views and feelings of Indian parents in regard to education, culture, and related matters as these may effect the high dropout rate of Indian students. (JM)

Community colleges can offer exciting and satisfying programs for drop-outs, stop-outs, and shoved-outs - if they adapt their traditional procedures creatively. (Editor)

Facts about potential community college clienteles can be gathered locally by studying groups of young people who are underrepresented in college but who can be encouraged to enroll. (Editor)

This study's main purpose was to determine whether or not standard predictors of college success'' might perform more satisfactorily than usual if a 2-valued criterion based on dropouts was employed. (Author)

A model for education for development in developing countries is proposed. The author reviews problems of education for rural development. Emphasized is the necessity of internal change in efforts to reconcile the objectives and forms of rural development with the pressures of demographic trends and possible rates of general economics. (SM)

Describes the Florida Ocean Sciences Institute program which is designed to rehabilitate delinquent teenagers. Problem teenage boys, including high school dropouts and drug addicts, are involved in a nine-month program in oceanography and maritime skills. Students develop the attitudes and skills necessary to become responsible and productive…

Discusses the importance of biological education in the rural development of under-developed countries. Argues that if the peasant farmer possessed even the most basic rudiments of biological knowledge he would be much more adaptable and amenable to technological innovation. Also describes how such an educational program might be implemented. (JR)