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4 Reviews Found in Dropout Prevention:

	Grade Retention Doesn't Work http://www.edweek.org/ew/vol-17/03mccoy.h17
	If your school is considering holding your child back a year, you should read this interesting article on why three researchers believe grade retention doesn’t work. It specifically cites three reasons why retention hurts students more than helps them, including the arbitrary nature of decision-making, the lack of academic improvement once held back and a correlated increase in the drop out rate. Although some of the ideas could have been developed further, it provides excellent insight to the issue as a whole and suggests some alternatives to grade retention that you and your child may be able to use.
	A Literature Review Focuses on Asian American Students At Risk http://scov.csos.jhu.edu/crespar/sept1997page12.html
	The author of this article discusses the factors which affect the educational success or failure of Asian American students, including individual and family characteristics, classroom and school factors, parent involvement, and community and societal factors. The article concludes with a brief description of intervention programs and recommendations for further research.
	A Parent's Guide to Preventing Inhalant Abuse http://www.health.org/pubs/factsht/ihal/1.HTM
	A brief introduction to the problem of inhalant abuse, a list of ordinary household products which may be a problem in the hands of an inhalant abuser, and a discussion of the damage inhalants can do to the body.
	Strategies and Successes in School Dropout Prevention http://www.aypf.org/forumbriefs/1995/fb100695.htm
	This article includes statistics about school dropouts, common at-risk situations that correlate to dropout tendencies and describes the mission and activities of the National Dropout Prevention Center. Although it gives a great deal of insight into school programs that do and do not work to prevent students from dropping out, if offers no guidance for parents who want to help their own children.