School Drop Out Prevention: A Pilot Project in the New York City Board of Education, Bureau of Attendance, Case Work Unit II, Servicing Students in Two Bronx High Schools, as Seen in Six Cases, 1962–1964
Abstract
Problems of the school dropout, and of school absenteeism have long been of primary concern to educators. In exploring the bases for absenteeism they have found the causes are multiple and their effects are varied. Modern educators have come to realize that they are in a war, and must wage their battles with diversified and intensified services.For many years the Bureau of Attendance of the Board of Education, in the City of New York, has attempted to combat the problems facing children in the New York City schools. The Bureau of Attendance derives its function from the compulsory Education Law, and has as its purpose the assurance of the right of every child between the ages of seven and seventeen to a public school education. In reality the Bureau services children from six to twenty-one, the age of entitlement. In an attempt to maintain its quality of service to children, the Bureau has revised procedures and added additional services to intensify and strengthen its program. Research has added the knowledge that truancy may be a symptom of a deep underlying problem.
Subject Area
Multicultural Education|Education|Higher Education Administration
Recommended Citation
Evans, Herbert Ira, "School Drop Out Prevention: A Pilot Project in the New York City Board of Education, Bureau of Attendance, Case Work Unit II, Servicing Students in Two Bronx High Schools, as Seen in Six Cases, 1962–1964" (1965). ETD Collection for Fordham University. AAI31050475.
https://research.library.fordham.edu/dissertations/AAI31050475
