In an effort to decrease the dropout rate, the Phoenix Union High School District investigated the dropout problem to identify background factors, school/training and job opportunities, and student experiences and opinions. Other local school districts were surveyed by telephone to determine their dropout rates and programs. Representatives of…

The 1979/80 Comprehensive Employment and Training Act Youth Employment Training Program in the Phoenix Union High School District was evaluated in two ways: (1) enrollment figures and participant demographics were compared to project goals; and (2) opinion surveys of participants, job-site supervisors, youth advisors, and parents of participants…

The report describes the Hearing Resource Program at Phoenix (AZ) Union High School District 210, a resource program serving 72 hearing impaired high school students as well as screening incoming freshmen for hearing loss. The program goal was to enable the students to complete their required classes successfully and graduate from high school.…

The Adult Reading Academy, a federally-funded service of the Phoenix Union High School District, serves native- and foreign-born adult students who are deficient in the basic skills of reading, writing, arithmetic, and oral communication. In 1980/81, the program served 476 students at 17 sites. Approximately 24 percent of the clients served were…

During 1980-81, over 500 students from 43 single tribes and 63 combinations of tribes were identified and served by the Indian Education Program in the Phoenix Union High School District in Arizona. Services provided were: remedial assistance in basic skills; Indian Youth Advisors serving as para-counselors, referral sources, and school/community…