Dropping out [electronic resource] : why students drop out of high school and what can be done about it / Russell W. Rumberger.
2011
LC146.6 .R86 2011eb
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Dropping out [electronic resource] : why students drop out of high school and what can be done about it / Russell W. Rumberger.
Author
Rumberger, Russell W.
ISBN
9780674063167 electronic book
9780674062207
9780674062207
Publication Details
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xii, 380 p. ): ill.
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LC146.6 .R86 2011eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
373.12/913
Summary
The vast majority of kids in the developed world finish high school - but not in the United States. More than a million kids drop out every year, around 7,000 a day, and the numbers are rising. "Dropping Out" offers a comprehensive overview by one of the country's leading experts, and provides answers to fundamental questions: Who drops out, and why? What happens to them when they do? How can we prevent at-risk kids from short-circuiting their futures? Students start disengaging long before they get to high school, and the consequences are severe - not just for individuals but for the larger society and economy. Dropouts never catch up with high school graduates on any measure. They are less likely to find work at all, and more likely to live in poverty, commit crimes, and suffer health problems. Even life expectancy for dropouts is shorter by seven years than for those who earn a diploma.
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Table of Contents
Introduction
The varying requirements and pathways for completing high school
The nature and extent of the dropout crisis
The individual consequences of dropping out
The social consequences of dropping out
Understanding why students drop out
Predictors of dropping out
Learning from past efforts to solve the dropout crisis
What should be done to solve the dropout crisis.
The varying requirements and pathways for completing high school
The nature and extent of the dropout crisis
The individual consequences of dropping out
The social consequences of dropping out
Understanding why students drop out
Predictors of dropping out
Learning from past efforts to solve the dropout crisis
What should be done to solve the dropout crisis.