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Improving High School Graduation Rates Among Males of Color [PDF]

, 2016
Young males of color constitute a disproportionately high percentage of our nation's non-high school graduate population. Data from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey show that in 2012, 7% of all U.S. 16- to 24-year-olds were not enrolled
Cairen Withington, Sandy Addis
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Dropping out of school: A psychosocial approach [PDF]

Advances in Medicine, Psychology, and Public Health
Introduction: School dropout is a pervasive issue with complex origins, often resulting from various forms of violence and challenges faced by students within the educational system.
Hilal Meryem, Hicham Khabbache, Driss Ait Ali   +2 more
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Building a Grad Nation: Progress and Challenge in Ending the High School Dropout Epidemic [PDF]

, 2013
This fourth annual update on America's high school dropout crisis shows that for the first time the nation is on track to meet the goal of a 90 percent high school graduation rate by the Class of 2020 -- if the pace of improvement from 2006 to 2010 is ...
Joanna Hornig Fox, John M. Bridgeland, Mary Bruce, Robert Balfanz   +3 more
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Dropout Prevention and Intervention Programs: Effects on School Completion and Dropout among School‐aged Children and Youth

Campbell Systematic Reviews, 2011
The objectives of this systematic review were to summarize the available evidence on the effects of prevention and intervention programs aimed at primary and secondary students for increasing school completion or reducing school dropout.
Sandra Jo Wilson, Emily E. Tanner‐Smith, Mark W. Lipsey, Katarzyna Steinka‐Fry, Jan Morrison   +4 more
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Which California School Districts Have the Most Dropouts? [PDF]

, 2008
Compares high school dropout rates between districts as well as between traditional and non-traditional schools. Includes a link to data on numbers of schools, enrollment, numbers of dropouts, and dropout rates, by county, district, and type of ...
Susan Rotermund
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University Students’ Tendencies Toward and Reasons Behind Dropout

Kuramsal Eğitimbilim Dergisi, 2013
In this research conducted to investigate university students’ tendencies toward and reasons behind dropout, it was found that university students had a high level of tendency towards dropout (45%).
Hüseyin ŞİMŞEK
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KIDS COUNT Indicator Brief: Reducing the High School Dropout Rate [PDF]

, 2009
Outlines the economic costs of dropping out of high school and proposes dropout prevention strategies, such as taking a long-term approach starting with school readiness, enhancing schools' holding power, and addressing outside factors and at-risk ...
Barbara Shore, Rima Shore
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Why Students Drop Out of School: A Review of 25 Years of Research [PDF]

, 2008
Reviews research on the underlying causes of the high school dropout crisis -- individual and institutional characteristics that predict whether a student is likely to drop out of high school.
Russell W. Rumberger, Sun Ah Lim
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Reframing School Dropout as a Public Health Issue

Preventing Chronic Disease, 2007
Good education predicts good health, and disparities in health and in educational achievement are closely linked. Despite these connections, public health professionals rarely make reducing the number of students who drop out of school a priority ...
Nicholas Freudenberg, DrPH, Jessica Ruglis   +1 more
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Portland Public Schools: From Data and Decisions to Implementation and Results on Dropout Prevention [PDF]

, 2009
Many school district leaders, particularly those in urban areas, struggle to reduce dropout rates, but find themselves overwhelmed by the dimensions of the problem.
Daniel Stid, Kate O'Neill, Susan Colby
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