
Children and Youth;Education and Literacy
Assesses strategies for improving high school graduation rates by combining college preparatory coursework with career-technical education, and discusses results and practical challenges. Includes profiles of career academies with combined curricula.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America / United States (Western) / California

Children and Youth;Education and Literacy
Assesses strategies for improving high school graduation rates by combining college preparatory coursework with career-technical education, and discusses results and practical challenges. Includes profiles of career academies with combined curricula.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America / United States (Western) / California

Children and Youth;Education and Literacy;Government Reform
Summarizes a review of research on how raising the kindergarten entry age affects elementary- and middle-school test scores; achievement gaps between subgroups; grade retention, high school graduation, and college enrollment rates; and wages as adults.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America / United States (Western) / California

Children and Youth;Education and Literacy
Assesses strategies for improving high school graduation rates by combining college preparatory coursework with career-technical education, and discusses results and practical challenges. Includes profiles of career academies with combined curricula.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America / United States (Western) / California

Measures how well five San Francisco Bay Area schools have implemented the goals of the Knowledge Is Power Program during the first year of a three-year initiative to prepare underserved urban youth for college.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America / United States (Western) / California / San Francisco County / San Francisco

Measures how well five San Francisco Bay Area schools have implemented the goals of the Knowledge Is Power Program during the first year of a three-year initiative to prepare underserved urban youth for college.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America / United States (Western) / California / San Francisco County / San Francisco

Measures how well five San Francisco Bay Area schools have implemented the goals of the Knowledge Is Power Program during the first year of a three-year initiative to prepare underserved urban youth for college.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America / United States (Western) / California / San Francisco County / San Francisco

Recommends state policies to improve community college students' retention and completion rates through enhanced tutoring, counseling, and other supports, as well as alternative instructional models that allow working adults to learn in flexible formats.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America / United States (Midwestern) / Illinois;North America / United States (Southwestern) / Texas;North America / United States (Western) / California;North America / United States (Midwestern) / Ohio;North America / United States (Western) / Colorado;North America / United States (Northwestern) / Washington