Caring For Kids
A Critical Study Of Urban School Leavers
1st Edition
Published on 23. July 2013
226 pages
978-1-135-39606-0 (ISBN)
Description
The official school drop-out figure in the US in recent years has been 25 per cent of the cohort. Estimates from large cities are often double these rates, and in some areas 60 per cent or worse. This text focuses on this problem in US schools, but from an unusual perspective. It is a study gained from in-depth interviews of 100 "stop-outs" - that is, those who dropped out but then decided to return to school. Four basic questions are posed by this text: who drops out?; why did they drop out?; what caused them to return?; and what intervention policies can be formulated to prevent students dropping out in the first place? The answers provided by this text for the last question are intended to make it of particular interest to school administrators.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
File size
4,65 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-135-39606-0 (9781135396060)
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Other editions
Additional editions
Rodney R. Cocking | Richard J. Altenbaugh | David E. Engel
Caring For Kids
A Critical Study Of Urban School Leavers
Book
06/1995
1st Edition
Routledge Falmer
€82.40
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Rodney R. Cocking | Richard J. Altenbaugh | David E. Engel
Caring For Kids
A Critical Study Of Urban School Leavers
Book
06/1995
1st Edition
Routledge Falmer
€123.79
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Persons
Richard J. Altenbaugh, David E. Engel, Don T. Martin
Content
Part I Introduction; Chapter 1 The Social Terrain; Chapter 2 School Leavers in American Society; Chapter 3 The Problem: Context and Approach; Part II The Pittsburgh Study; Chapter 4 The School Setting; Chapter 5 School Personnel; Chapter 6 School Knowledge; Chapter 7 Why School Leavers Left and Why They Returned; Part III Conclusions, Analyses, and Policy Implications; Chapter 8 The Social Context; Chapter 9 Caring; Chapter 10 Policy Recommendations;
