Dropout Prevention for Highest-Risk Latino Students
By Katherine A. Larson, Ph.D., & Russell W. Rumberger, Ph.D.
The Prevention Researcher,
Volume 6, Number 3, 1999, Pages 7-9
Abstract:
Hispanic students are at high risk for school dropout. In this article, Drs. Katherine Larson and Russell Rumberger describe the program Achievement for Latinos through Academic Success (ALAS) and its effectiveness. ALAS was developed to test a comprehensive approach for educating and graduating highest-risk middle-school Latino youth who live in urban neighborhoods with high concentrations of poverty.
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This article can be found in the issue:
School Dropout Prevention
The Prevention Researcher,
Volume 6, Number 3, 1999
School dropout is an important issue in our communities and the focus of this 1999 issue of The Prevention Researcher.
This issue also featured these articles:
- • Do Extracurricular Activities Protect Against Early School Dropout?, Pages 10-12
- • Dropout Prevention for Highest-Risk Latino Students, Pages 7-9
- • Reaching Youth Out of the Mainstream, Pages 4-7
- • Rethinking the Causes of High School Dropout, Pages 1-4
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