Urban CEO Superintendents’ Alternative Strategies in Reducing School Dropouts

The focus is on strategies used by 10 urban districts to reduce school dropouts. Thirty-eight strategies for dropout prevention were identified. Although the majority identified dropout prevention strategies, only two districts referred to “recovery programs.” If district spokespersons mentioned the...

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Published in:Education and urban society 2006-11, Vol.39 (1), p.69-90
Main Authors: Hoyle, John R., Collier, Virginia
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alternatives
Chief executive officers
Chief executives
Dropout Prevention
Dropout Programs
Dropout Rate
Dropouts
Dropping out
Education
Educational organization
Educational sciences
Enrollment Management
General points
Intervention
Juvenile justice
Leadership
Nontraditional Education
North America
Partnerships in Education
Prevention
Preventive programmes
Punishment
Research Methodology
School Districts
School dropout programs
School Holding Power
School leavers
Schools
Social support
Sociology of education
Strategic Planning
Superintendents
Third-party intervention
U.S.A
United States
Urban areas
Urban Schools
Urban studies
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Summary:The focus is on strategies used by 10 urban districts to reduce school dropouts. Thirty-eight strategies for dropout prevention were identified. Although the majority identified dropout prevention strategies, only two districts referred to “recovery programs.” If district spokespersons mentioned their CEOs using a systems approach in reducing dropouts, the program plans were more specific and recovery programs more active. A surprise was the silence about instructional initiatives for early grade intervention and dropout prevention. The most common prevention strategy was punitive measures involving the criminal justice system, that is, police departments, district attorneys. Thus, it is not surprising that the dropout rate in several of these cities remains unabated during the past 5 years.
ISSN:0013-1245
1552-3535
DOI:10.1177/0013124506291983