School Dropouts: Education Could Play a Stronger Role in Identifying & Disseminating Promising Prevention Strategies

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Year: 2002
Pages: 47
Binding Paperback

Product Code: 0756724805

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Marnie S. Shaul. Over the last decade, up to 544,000 10th- through 12th-grade students dropped out of school each year w/o completing a high school program. In Oct. 2000, about 11% of 16-through 24-year-olds who were not enrolled in a HS program had neither a high school diploma nor an equivalent credential. This report addresses these questions: what are the national & regional dropout rate trends?; what does the research say about factors assoc. with dropping out?; what state, local, or private efforts have been implemented to address the factors associated with dropping out?; & what Fed. efforts exist to reduce dropout rates & what is known about their effectiveness? Charts & tables.

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