THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS STUDY WERE (1) TO IDENTIFY THE CHARACTERISTICS OF SCHOOL DROPOUTS AS CONTRASTED WITH THOSE WHO STAYED IN SCHOOL, (2) TO INVESTIGATE EXPERIENCES WHICH LED TO LEAVING SCHOOL, (3) TO DETERMINE THE PERCEPTIONS OF SCHOOL-LEAVERS REGARDING THEIR SCHOOL EXPERIENCES, AND (4) TO INVESTIGATE WHAT SCHOOL-LEAVERS DID AFTER THEY LEFT…

SPECIALIZED INSTRUCTION PROVIDED FOR INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS OR SMALL GROUPS OF STUDENTS IN ORDER TO IMPROVE ACADEMIC PROGRESS AND PERSONAL ADJUSTMENT TO CLASSROOM WORK IS DISCUSSED. TUTORING IS CONSIDERED THE HEART OF THE REMEDIAL AND CLINICAL READING PROGRAM IN A COLLEGE READING LABORATORY. DATA FROM QUESTIONNAIRES SENT TO 40 COLLEGE READING CLINICS…

A WORK-STUDY PROGRAM WAS DESIGNED TO MOTIVATE AND TRAIN POTENTIAL DROPOUTS FOR EMPLOYMENT. A TEACHER-COORDINATOR CONDUCTED ORIENTATION CLASSES, SUPERVISED STEP PUPILS ON THE JOB, VISITED PARENTS, EMPLOYERS AND RESOURCE PERSONNEL, COUNSELED STUDENTS, FOLLOWED UP PUPIL PROGRESS WITH SUBJECT TEACHERS, MAINTAINED CONTACTS WITH COMMUNITY EMPLOYMENT…

A SUMMER WORKSHOP CONCERNED WITH THE EDUCATION OF THE SPANISH- AND INDIAN-SPEAKING STUDENTS OF NEW MEXICO AND ARIZONA MET IN TUCSON, ARIZONA, TO ESTABLISH OBJECTIVES REGARDING THESE CHILDREN AND THEIR SPEAKING PROBLEMS. THE STUDENTS WERE DROPPING OUT OF SCHOOL AS A RESULT OF ACADEMIC AND SOCIAL FAILURE AND FRUSTRATION. BICULTURAL GUIDANCE, AN…

STEP, THE SCHOOL-TO-EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM, IS A STATE-SPONSORED EXPERIMENTAL PROJECT TO HELP PUPILS IN GRADES 7 THROUGH 10 WHO HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS POTENTIAL DROPOUTS. IT IS DESIGNED TO PUT INTO EFFECT A PROGRAM OF INSTRUCTION AND SCHOOL-SUPERVISED WORK-EXPERIENCE THAT WILL DEVELOP HABITS, ATTITUDES AND SKILLS ENABLING STUDENTS TO OBTAIN SUITABLE…

THE WORKSHOP USES DEMONSTRATIONS BY MEMBERS OF THE GROUP, FOLLOWED BY DISCUSSIONS OF THE DEMONSTRATION. THE PURPOSE OF THE NURSERY AND KINDERGARTEN IN THE COMMUNITY SERVICE FOUNDATION PROJECT IS TO HELP CULTURALLY DEPRIVED NEGRO CHILDREN PREPARE FOR SCHOOL LIFE, TO PREVENT LATER SCHOOL FAILURE AND DROPOUTS. EACH SESSION CONTAINS A 15-MINUTE…

A SAMPLE OF APPROXIMATELY 200 HIGH-ABILITY GIRLS WHO INDICATED THAT THEY WERE UNLIKELY TO ATTEND COLLEGE, WERE SCREENED FROM APPROXIMATELY 2,000 SENIOR GIRLS IN 8 HIGH SCHOOLS. THE EXPERIMENTAL TREATMENTS EMPLOYED WERE (1) A COUNSELING INTERVIEW, (2) AN INTERVIEW PLUS THE SHOWING OF A FILM DESIGNED TO CHANGE ATTITUDES TOWARD COLLEGE, AND (3) TWO…

A case is presented for operating schools twenty-four hours a day. This type of program provides benefits for drop-ins, adults, infants, parents, and students. With the technology present in today's society, every person can be provided the kind of education best for their needs. All should have the opportunities, at any age, provided by schools:…

APPROXIMATELY 60 HOME ECONOMISTS, EDUCATORS, STATE STAFF MEMBERS, CITY SUPERVISORS, SELECTED HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS, AND ADMINISTRATORS IN ILLINOIS AND SURROUNDING STATES ATTENDED A CONFERENCE TO (1) TAKE A NEW LOOK AT THE CHANGING ROLES OF WOMEN AND THE TEEN-CULTURE TODAY, (2) RETHINK THE VOCATIONAL PURPOSES OF HOME ECONOMICS AT THE SECONDARY…

TO DETERMINE WHETHER RETENTION IN PUBLIC ADULT NIGHT SCHOOL PROGRAMS IS RELATED TO SOCIO-ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF PARTICIPANTS OR TO THE LENGTH AND NATURE OF COURSES, THIS STUDY WAS MADE OF PATTERNS OF PARTICIPATION IN SUCH PROGRAMS IN WHITE ROCK, BRITISH COLUMBIA. DATA WERE DERIVED FROM 2075 REGISTRATION CARDS AND 98 COMPLETED ATTENDANCE…

A COMPOSITION PROGRAM DESIGNED TO GIVE UPWARD BOUND STUDENTS A FEELING OF SUCCESS WAS BASED ON FILMS WHICH THE STUDENTS VIEWED, DISCUSSED, AND WROTE ABOUT. THE FILMS FELL ROUGHLY INTO THE CATEGORIES OF SOCIAL PROBLEMS, POLITICS AND PROPAGANDA, AND ART AND MUSIC. FOLLOWING CLASS DISCUSSIONS, STUDENTS WERE REQUIRED MERELY TO "WRITE ABOUT THE…

A QUESTIONNAIRE MEASURING ENROLLMENT OF POTENTIAL CLIENTS AND ADMINISTRATION OF PUBLIC SCHOOL ADULT GUIDANCE WAS SENT TO 50 CITIES. INFORMATION WAS RETURNED FROM 30 CITIES, AND INCLUDED DATA ON ADMINISTRATION, PUBLICITY, FINANCING, COUNSELING, TESTING, AND RECORDS. RESPONSES INDICATED COUNSELING SERVICES HAD BEEN OPERATING FOR A MEDIAN OF 10 YEARS…

Non-students are college-age and older youth who have had some college education but are not formal students or members of the labor force, are potentially creative individuals, and are attracted to academic environments. At Berkeley there are approximately 3,000 of these non-conformist college dropouts, 151 of whom volunteered to participate in a…

American Indian students who were enrolled in the eighth grade in the 1962-63 school year in a six-state area of the Southwest were studied through 1967 to determine the percentages of high school dropouts and graduates from public, private, and Bureau of Indian Affairs schools. Of the sample of 1217, dropout levels were not identified for 9…

A study compared the effectiveness of Learning 100 (L-100), a multimedia, multimodal, multilevel communication skills system, with that of a more conventional reading program with functional illiterates in Bedford-Stuyvesant, a ghetto area in Brooklyn, New York. In January, 1968, under the Title III Adult Education Act of 1966, Adult Basic…