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ERIC Number: EJ335791
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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Dropout Prevention--Getting Serious about Programs that Work.
Mann, Dale
NASSP Bulletin, v70 n489 p66-73 Apr 1986
Discusses the high school dropout problem, focusing on young people's reasons for leaving school and schools' efforts to retain them. Recommends more effective primary education, computer programs to identify youth at risk, and coalitions of schools, businesses, and government agencies to pair learning and work experience. Cites 15 references. (MLH)
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Computer Managed Instruction, Dropout Prevention, Potential Dropouts, School Holding Power, Secondary Education, Student Attrition
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Audience: Administrators; Practitioners
Language: English
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