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US Dept. of Education National Institute on Education of At-Risk Students - Supports research and development activities designed to improve students at risk for failure because of limited English language proficiency, poverty, race, geographic location or economic disadvantage.
APA - Healthy, Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Students Project - Project mission is to strengthen the capacity of United States schools to prevent behavioral health risks for students. Overviews, activities, events, findings, and related links.
Discipline Associates - Offers seminars and other resources for working with difficult students and reaching at risk students.
Dane County Transition School - Providing an environment that promotes the social, emotional, academic, and vocational growth and development of at-risk students. Mission statement, programs, typical student profile, participant feedback.
Project CDA - Project C.D.A. (Creating Dropout Alternatives), an alternative secondary school, was established in order to reduce the student dropout rate. This fully accredited, state-approved school provides at-risk students with a variety of opportunities to learn life and employment skills, along with the core classes needed to earn their diploma.
Area Learning Center - Sponsored by 7 central Minnesota public school districts. Alternative education for grades 7-12, for at-risk students, teen parents. Night class for 2-school students who only need a few more credits.
Metropolitan Federation of Alternative Schools - An effort to meet the needs of at-risk students. Students who are not being successful in regular school programs, have identified social needs, and/or are referred by Minneapolis Public Schools are eligible to participate.
Center for the Study and Teaching of At-Risk Students - Offers services to educators, schools and districts in the areas of program development, contextual teaching and learning, case management, safe and drug-free schools, and student data tracking software. Includes streaming pedagogical videos.
Student Diversity Program at Cal State Fullerton - The SDP is designed to address the retention of "At Risk" students. Using unconventional methods of intervention, SDP has demonstrated over 90% success at California State University, Fullerton.
National Dropout Prevention Center - Information on instructional development, service learning and at-risk intervention.

Wikipedia Articles

At-risk students - The term at-risk students is used to describe students who are "at risk" of failing academically, for one or more of any several reasons. The term can be used to describe a wide variety of students, including,
Northlight School - Northlight School (Chinese: 北烁学校) is an institution established by the Ministry of Education (MOE) of Singapore for students with difficulties handling the academic-oriented mainstream curriculum in the country. The school started its operations formally in January 2007 with the primary objective of assisting students who are at risk of dropping out of school.
Continuation high school - A continuation high school is an alternative to a comprehensive high school primarily for students who are considered at-risk of not graduating at the normal pace. The requirements to graduate are the same but the scheduling is more flexible to allow students to earn their credits at a quicker pace since they are usually behind when they arrive at the continuation high school.
Refusal skills - Refusal skills are a set of skills designed to help children avoid participating in high-risk behaviors. Programs designed to discourage drug use, violence, and/or sexual activity frequently include refusal skills in their curriculums to help students resist peer pressure while maintaining self-respect.
Lara FS Academy - Lara FS Academy is a discipline alternative school for at-risk students in Laredo Independent School District. Located in central Laredo, Texas.