Retaining At-Risk Students in Career and Vocational Education. Retaining At-Risk Students in Career and Vocational Education. Urban dropout rates often range between 40 and 50 percent. Weber finds that vocational education programs are more successful than nonvocational programs in regard to the first seven of these. Only in the latter two areas does Weber conclude that vocational education must do a better job.
Classrooms have low teacher-pupil ratios.
Persuasive motivational strategies and individualized teaching and learning are also used. In order to increase its relevance to students, classroom instruction is coordinated with career education, paid work experience, and community service. Relationships between students and teachers stress shared goal setting and decision making, teamwork, group participation, and supportive leadership. His recommendations are grouped into the following five categories. Design classroom activities to build on individual student strengths, interests, needs, and desires while meeting stated program goals.