This means that students who participated in dropout prevention programs that were designed as alternative educational programs or behavioral programs had higher attendance and enrollment rates compared with control students. (crimesolutions.gov)
Furthermore, research has shown that alternative educational programs in particular are being used as warehouses for «undesirable» students who, once there, get little support. (idra.org)
Investigations in the New York City public schools — the nation's largest district, with more than 1 million students — have uncovered what appear to be widespread attempts to push lower - performing students out of regular high schools and into alternative educational programs. (wacharterschools.org)