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Dropping Out - Why Students Drop Out of High School and What Can Be Done About It (Paperback)
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Dropping Out - Why Students Drop Out of High School and What Can Be Done About It (Paperback)
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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. Rumberger advocates targeting the most vulnerable students
as far back as the early elementary grades. And he levels sharp
criticism at the conventional definition of success as readiness
for college. He argues that high schools must offer all students
what they need to succeed in the workplace and independent adult
life. A more flexible and practical definition of achievement-one
in which a high school education does not simply qualify you for
more school-can make school make sense to young people. And maybe
keep them there.
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