Reducing Drop-Outs

Allen, Charles M. , "How to Conduct the Holding Power Study," Circular Series A, No. 51, Illinois Secondary School Curriculum Program Bulletin No. 3, March 1949. Springfield: Office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction.

Brewster, R.E. , and Zeran, F.R. , "Techniques of Follow-Up Study of School Leavers," Educational Bulletin No. 17, 1947 . Hollywood: California Test Bureau .

Dillon, H.J. , Early School Leavers—A Major Education Problem, New York 16: National Child Labor Committee, 419 Fourth Avenue, 1949.

Dillon, H.J. , Work Experience in Secondary Education, New York 16: National Child Labor Committee, 419 Fourth Avenue, 1948.

Douglass, Harl R. , and others, Education for Life Adjustment—Its Meaning and Implementation , New York: Ronald Press Company , 1950. 491 pp.

Education Through Work Experience, Albany, New York: Division of Secondary Education, State Education Department, 1949. 72 pp.

Follow-Up of High-School Graduates in Classes of 1940, 1943, 1946, Allentown, Pennsylvania: Allentown Senior High School , 1947.

Gaumnitz, Walter H. , and Tompkins, Ellsworth , Holding Power and Size of High School, Office of Education, Circular 322, 1950. Washington, D. C.: U. S. Government Printing Office.

Hail and Farewell, some prolems presented by ninth and twelfth grade graduates. Santa Barbara, California: City Schools, E. W. Jacobsen, Superintendent. Mimeo, June 1950.

Hull, J. Dan , A Primer of Life Adjustment Education, Chicago: American Technical Society, 1949. 30 pp.

Hunting A. Career, a study of out-of-school youth in Louisville, Kentucky, Bulletin No. 115, 1949, Washington, D. C.: U. S. Department of Labor.

Ivins, Wilson H. ; Fox, William H. ; and Segel, David "A Study of a Secondary-School Program in Light of Characteristics and Needs of Youth," Bulletin of the School of Education, Indiana University, Vol. XXV, No. 6, November 1949.

Jones, Galen , "Emerging Issues in Secondary Education," Bulletin of the National Association of Secondary-School Principals, 32:232-44, March 1948.

Legg, C.E. and Proffitt, M.M. , School and Work Programs, Office of Education Bulletin 1947, No. 9. Washington, D. C.

Let's Learn from Youth, Albany: The University of the State of New York, State Education Department, 1947 .

" Life Adjustment Booklets." Chicago 4: Science Research Associates Why Stay in School? Should You Go to College? Discovering Your Real Interests Understanding Yourself You and Your Mental Abilities Choosing Your Career Work Experience—Preparation for Your Career Your Personalty and Your Job

Life Adjustment Education for Every Youth, Office of Education, 1948, Washington, D. C.: U. S. Government Printing Office.

Lorenzen, Stanley H. , "Opinion Reactions in High School Follow-Up Studies," Bulletin of the National Association of Secondary-School Principals, 33:119-26, January 1949.

" Needed: Holding Power for Our Schools," West Virginia Educational Bulletin, Charleston: State Department of Education, July 1949. 38 pp.

Nickell, Vernon L. , State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Springfield, Illinois. The following publications may be obtained from Mr. Nickell:

Guide to the Study of the Curriculum in the Secondary Schools of Illinois , August 1948. 42 pp.

Principal Findings of the 1947-1948 Basic Studies, May 1949 . 77 pp. How to Conduct the Hidden Tuition Costs Study, May 1949. 51 pp. How to Conduct the Participation in Extraclass Activities Study, May 1949. 66 pp.

Segel, David , How to Estimate the Number of Drop-Outs Occurring in a School System, Washington, D. C.25: Office of Education. 2 pp.

Seymour, H.C. , and Tremer, C.H. , We Left School a Year Ago, Rochester: Rochester Public Schools, 1941.

The Slow Learner in the Secondary School (Materials for use by the classroom teachers, the counselor, and the administrator in the secondary school). A limited number of copies are available at the Division of Secondary Education, Office of the County Superintendent of Schools, Room 650, 808 North Spring St., Los Angeles 12, California. September 1949. 69 pp.

A Social Studies Report Concerning Drop-Outs, Indianapolis, Indiana: Shortridge Social Studies Department, Shortridge High School. 3 pp.

A Study of the Holding Power of the San Francisco Public Schools, San Francisco: San Francisco Unified School District , November 26, 1947, 10 pp.

Summer Drop-Outs Continue to Decline in 1949, Minneapolis, Minnesota : Minneapolis Public Schools, Division of Secondary Education, Department of Counseling. 7 pp.

Spears, Harold , The High School for Today, Cincinnati: American Book Company, 1949.

Swanson, J. Chester , A Study of the Secondary School Drop-Out Problem With a Suggested Solution , Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: Deputy Superintendent of Schools, 400 North Walnut. 4 pp.

Syracuse Youth Who Did Not Graduate, a study of youth who withdrew from school before high-school graduation, 1946-1949, Syracuse, New York: Board of Education, 1950.

Tompkins, Ellsworth , Extraclass Activities for All Pupils, Office of Education , Bulletin No. 4, 1950. Washington D. C.: U. S. Government printing Office .

Tompkins, Ellsworth , " Where Are the Boys?" School and Society, July 2, 1949.

Varner, Glenn F. , The Holding Power of the Secondary School Is What We Make It. St. Paul, Minnesota: Board of Education. 5 pp.

" Why High-School Pupils Leave School," School Review, 54:255-56, May 1946 Excerpts from Kansas City (Mo.) Report.

Wilmington Study of School Leavers, Wilmington, Delaware : Board of Education, 1948.