Dropping out
Subtitle: why students drop out of high school and what can be done about it
By: Russell W. Rumberger
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 380
ISBN-13: 9780674062207
Subjects: High school dropouts; Prevention
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The varying requirements and pathways for completing high school; title: The nature and extent of the dropout crisis; title: The individual consequences of dropping out; title: The social consequences of dropping out; title: Understanding why students drop out; title: Predictors of dropping out; title: Learning from past efforts to solve the dropout crisis; title: What should be done to solve the dropout crisis.