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Books on: high school dropout

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Creating the Dropout: An Institutional and Social History of School Failure

Book by Sherman Dorn; Praeger Publishers, 1996

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Education, Secondary--Social Aspects--United States, High School Dropouts--United States

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...why the nations high drop out rate is...National stay in school campaign 1960...New York City schools Superintendent...persistence through school: "We have been...activists used dropout statistics as well...Project on School Dropouts to criticize school policies. Kelly...Against Segregated Schools, spoke before...with one of the highest dropout rates in...
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Schooling for Success: Preventing Repetition and Dropout in Latin American Primary Schools

Book by Laura Randall, Joan B. Anderson; M. E. Sharpe, 1999

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Education And State--Latin America--Congresses, Education, Elementary--Latin America--Curricula--Congresses, Education, Elementary--Social Aspects--Latin America--Congresses, Elementary School Dropouts--Latin America--Prevention--Congresses, Grade Repetition--Latin America--Prevention--Congresses, Schools--Decentralization--Latin America--Congresses, Teaching--Latin America--Congresses

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...2 shows the total dropout rate of students passed...corrected rates are very high in the first grade 0...these rates should be higher due to problems of access...the primary and middle schools are still high, indicating...having passed due to school or parents deciding...developed towns and schools deciding that the child...Seventy-two percent of a school cohort finishes fourth...
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Culture, Politics, and Irish School Dropouts: Constructing Political Identities

Book by G. Honor Fagan; Bergin & Garvey, 1995

Subjects:

Dropouts--Ireland--Attitudes, Dropouts--Ireland--Interviews, Education--Social Aspects--Ireland, Group Identity--Ireland, Politics And Education--Ireland

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...rates are currently running as high as 20% with 60% unemployed...unemployment. So, rather than early school-leavers struggling to attain...income or a minimum wage. Early school-leavers demand an education...democratic politics of early school-leaving. The fifth aspect...
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A School for Healing: Alternative Strategies for Teaching At-Risk Students

Book by Rosa L. Kennedy, Jerome H. Morton; Peter Lang, 1999

Subjects:

Alternative Schools--United States--Case Studies, High School Dropouts--Education--United States--Case Studies, Socially Handicapped Youth--Education--United States--Case Studies

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...labeled pushouts. 3. High academic achievers who...resistance to rigid school rules. 4. In-school dropouts are those students...behaviors. The disruptive dropouts were those students...superintendent of Brook County Schools. She created a grant...supported, nonprofit public school so that senior students...in dealing with the dropout/pushout population...
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The Path to Dropping Out: Evidence for Intervention

Book by Melissa Roderick; Auburn House, 1993

Subjects:

Dropout Behavior, Prediction Of--Longitudinal Studies, Dropouts--Massachusetts--Fall River--Longitudinal Studies, Grade Repetition--Massachusetts--Fall River--Longitudinal Studies, High School Dropouts--Massachusetts--Fall River--Longitudinal Studies

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...source of information on dropout rates comes from the large...Statistics, such as the High School and Beyond Survey. These...sets provide estimates of dropout rates among nationally...survey. For example, High School and Beyond did not include...

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Journal Articles on: high school dropout

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Finishing High School: Alternative Pathways and Dropout Recovery

Journal article by John H. Tyler, Magnus Lofstrom; The Future of Children, Vol. 19, 2009

Subjects:

Academic failure--Prevention, Education, Secondary--Evaluation, High school dropouts--Evaluation, Secondary education--Evaluation

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...out-of-school problems that...implementing dropout-prevention...potential dropouts, they are...best predict dropout for high school students...students with the highest probability...this rate is higher than the baseline...sample of high school students...students to dropout-prevention...potential dropouts. Second...
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Dropout Prevention in the Middle Grades

Journal article by Jolie Ziomek-Daigle, P. Gayle Andrews; Middle School Journal, Vol. 40, 2009

Subjects:

Asian Americans, Coaches & managers, Educational leadership, Educational psychology, Global economy, Hispanics, Learning, Middle schools, Research & development--R&D, Risk factors, School counseling, School dropouts, Secondary school students

Collections: Education, Entire Library

Dropout Prevention in the Middle...efforts to improve both high school completion rates...alarm. And the much higher rates of high school...627 do not have a high school diploma or equivalency...not obtained a high school diploma or equivalency...household head is a high school dropout (Annie E...the psyche of American schools" (2000, p. 66...
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High Suspension Schools and Dropout Rates for Black and White Students

Journal article by Talisha Lee, Dewey Cornell, Anne Gregory, Xitao Fan; Education & Treatment of Children, Vol. 34, 2011

Subjects:

Dropouts--Analysis, High schools--Demographic aspects, High schools--Statistics, Public schools--Demographic aspects, Public schools--Statistics, Suspension (Punishment)--Analysis

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...schools with high minority populations...districts with the highest percentage...e.g., higher per pupil expenditures...school. A schools geographic...relationship with high school dropout rates. Some...suspending a higher proportion...experiences and high school outcomes...graduation or dropout) for each...comparing 20 high schools with a low...significantly higher in schools with the highest dropout rate...variables such as school demographics...
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School Characteristics Related to High School Dropout Rates

Journal article by Christine A. Christle, Kristine Jolivette, Nelso C Michael; Remedial and Special Education, Vol. 28, 2007

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High school dropouts--Research

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...factors or characteristics of high schools with low dropout rates compared to high schools with high dropout rates. Stage 1 In addition to dropout rate (i.e., the total number of dropouts divided by the total school enrollment for the academic...
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The School Counselor's Role in School Dropout Prevention

Journal article by Susan Williams White, F. Donald Kelly; Journal of Counseling and Development, Vol. 88, 2010

Subjects:

Academic achievement--Management, High school dropouts--Psychological aspects, High school dropouts--Social aspects, High school dropouts--Statistics

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...Preventing school dropouts through classroom guidance. Elementary School Guidance Counseling...Dropping out of middle school: A multilevel analysis of students and schools. American Educational...Special projects for dropout prevention. The Vocational...1998). Elementary school integrated services...grade marks and the high school dropout problem...

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Magazine Articles on: high school dropout

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An Ecological and Developmental Perspective on Dropout Risk Factors in Early Adolescence: Role of School Social Workers in Dropout Prevention Efforts

Magazine article by Debra M. Hernandez Jozefowicz-Simbeni; Children & Schools, Vol. 30, January 2008

Subjects:

At risk students, Behavior, Changes, Community, Crisis intervention, Learning, No Child Left Behind Act 2001-US, Parents & parenting, Problems, Risk factors, Role models, School dropouts, Secondary schools, Social work, Social workers, Urban schools

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...transition into middle school or junior high school environments...of ecological dropout risk factors...adolescence and middle schools are integrated...later school dropout, and poor adjustment...elementary and junior high schools. Differences...and elementary schools that are believed...student body and school building; new...consciousness; use of higher standards in...
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The Problem with Doomsday Dropout Data

Magazine article by Lawrence Mishel; School Administrator, Vol. 63, September 2006

Subjects:

High school dropouts--Forecasts and trends, Schools--Forecasts and trends, Schools--United States, United States--Economic aspects, United States--Educational aspects

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...even a 20 percent dropout rate is too high...board indictment of schools, leading to misguided...Dictate In truth, the dropout problem is concentrated in about 20 percent of high schools. Dropouts are only 3 percent...recipients as high school completers.) Yet...diploma. The next higher fifth has 13 percent...
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The Effectiveness of a Solution-focused, Public Alternative School for Dropout Prevention and Retrieval

Magazine article by Cynthia Franklin, Calvin L. Streeter, Johnny S. Kim, Stephen J. Tripodi; Children & Schools, Vol. 29, July 2007

Subjects:

Alternative education, Data bases, Effectiveness studies, Extracurricular activities, Intervention, Public schools, School districts, School dropouts, Secondary school students, Social workers, Teachers, Vocational education

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...School for Dropout Prevention...drop out of high school are...drop out have higher rates of unemployment...to prevent school dropouts. For example...literature on dropout prevention...designs and that schools are not adopting...techniques in schools (Corcoran...in reducing dropout rates and retrieving high school dropouts. School...
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Protective Factors for Inner-city Adolescents at Risk of School Dropout: Family Factors and Social Support

Magazine article by Maureen T. Lagana; Children & Schools, Vol. 26, October 2004

Subjects:

African Americans, At risk youth, Community support, Families & family life, School dropouts

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...Risk of School Dropout: Family Factors...evening program (high risk). I...completed high school and were not...enrolled in a high school program. This...rates are much higher in urban areas...those in magnet schools, complete...the third highest ranked city...associated with high dropout ratesrigid...typical of schools attended by...address the school dropout problem has...High school dropouts have a higher probability...
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School Dropouts

Magazine article by John Richards; Inroads, Summer 2009

Subjects:

Cultural change, Education, Francophones, Minority & ethnic groups, Provinces, Rural schools, School administration, School attendance, School dropout programs, School systems, Secondary school students, Single sex education, Success, Urban areas

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...dalarme about the high dropout rate among...are distressed over dropout rates in their province...census, the lowest dropout rates are among those...provinces recorded higher dropout rates than Quebec...francophones: Manitoba the highest, followed by Saskatchewan...concern about school dropouts merited? Sceptics...up at all. Their school attendance is often erratic and schools may be less than diligent...

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Newspaper Articles on: high school dropout

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School Dropout Rate Back on the Rise

Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), June 17, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...6.9 percent. The highest rate ever measured in...the state has compiled dropout statistics. "We are...rates are still twice as high as the rate for white...factors contribute to school dropout rates, explained Gene...said, it also has more dropouts. "When more jobs are...fact that the state dropout rate has bumped up for...
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Schools Have Staying Power Alternate Approach May Be Key to Lower Dropout Rate

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), November 18, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...student has to stay in school until theyre 17, the...students to stay in school, he suggests it also means anyone quitting school before age 17 simply...one in 10 American high schools, including some in suburban Chicago, as "dropout factories" for churning out about as many dropouts as they do actual graduates...
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School Dropouts Are Still among Nation's Highest

Newspaper article by Vaishali Honawar; The Washington Times, November 17, 2001

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

School dropouts are still among nations highest by Vaishali...Honawar Student dropout rates in the...Districts public schools fell between...1998-99 school years, but...rates are not high when compared...2000. But dropout numbers put...incentives to find dropouts. It is not...country. Public school officials...dropout rates in schools, ranging...
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High School Graduation Rate Rises; 'Dropout Factories' Fall

Newspaper article; The Washington Times (Washington, DC), November 30, 2010

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...show signs of being potential dropouts, such as chronic truancy...rocky transition from grade school and middle school to high school. Public-private partnerships...which helps turn around schools in metropolitan areas, a...
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State High School Dropout Rate Dips Slightly in 2005-06

Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), April 4, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...students staying in school despite a strong economy. Eugene dropout rate down The state defines a dropout as a student...or receiving a high school diploma...the number of dropouts in the lower...students." DROPOUT RATES Heres the...of Lane County high schools in the...and 2005-06 school years, plus...id=1. Schools/districts 05...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: high school dropout

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Foreman, George

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

FOREMAN, GEORGE 1948 , American boxer, b. Marshall, Tex. A high school dropout, Foreman learned to box in the Job Corps. In 1968 he was the Olympic heavyweight gold medalist. Foreman beat Joe Frazier for...
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Basquiat, Jean-Michel

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...family, he was a 1980s art star whose rise and fall were rapid, dramatic, and emblematic of the era. A rebel, high-school dropout, and part of the downtown New York scene, he was influenced by the violence of street life, the variety of African...

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