McAfee M L, Geesey M R
J Sch Health. 1984 Oct;54(9):350-2. doi: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.1984.tb09748.x.
The drop-out rate for pregnant students in the York (Pennsylvania) City School District is dramatically lower than the national average because the district recognized the need for meeting the unique problems of the pregnant student. In York, as in the rest of the nation, teen-age pregnancy was on the increase. Administrators of the district realized that a separately housed alternative education program would be too costly. In January 1979, the authors designed and implemented an in-school program called "Changing Roles." Five years later, that program has become an important factor in keeping the majority of pregnant students in school, at the same time, providing the girls the special information they need. In the 1982-83 school year, only 9.5% of the pregnant students dropped out of York City schools. This rate is far below the national drop-out rate of 80% to 90%.
宾夕法尼亚州约克市学区怀孕学生的辍学率远低于全国平均水平，因为该学区认识到有必要解决怀孕学生面临的独特问题。和美国其他地区一样，约克市的青少年怀孕率也在上升。该学区的管理人员意识到，设立一个单独的替代教育项目成本太高。1979年1月，作者设计并实施了一个名为“角色转变”的校内项目。五年后，这个项目成为让大多数怀孕学生留在学校的一个重要因素，同时，也为这些女孩提供了她们所需的特殊信息。在1982 - 1983学年，约克市学校中只有9.5%的怀孕学生辍学。这个比率远低于80%至90%的全国辍学率。
