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Showing 1 to 20 of 103 for “"School dropout"”.
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High School Dropout Experiences: A Social Capital Perspective
… students' experiences with dropping out of high school within a social capital framework. Discussing the stories of high school dropouts provided valuable information related to the root causes of dropout behaviors in a social capital context. This information can be used to develop programs …
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Early School Leaving: A Narrative Inquiry of the School Dropout
… component when determining the effectiveness of schools, levels of student engagement, and a measure of the learning that is occurring in schools. In particular, certain criteria have been identified as appropriate measures for monitoring the effectiveness of school systems, individual school …
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Three essays on family structure and school dropout among adolescents
… is a collection of three essays on high school dropout by adolescents and the roll of their siblings in this risky behavior. Dropping out of high school can scar the individual for his entire labor supply period with lower earnings, higher unemployment, and in turn incur considerable …
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Causes of school dropout among learners in a rural farm school
This study examines factors contributing to school dropout among learners in a rural farm school. The researcher used the qualitative case study method as a research design. The participants in this study were ten young people between the ages of 16 and 20 who dropped out of school, four mothers of …
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A study of high school dropout rates in a Midwestern community
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Curriculum Track And Its Influences On Predicting High School Dropout Likelihood
Dropping out of school is a major concern as high school graduation credentials have been used as an important measurement tool to define post-secondary success. Numerous researchers presented a multitude of factors that predict dropouts at individual and school levels. Curriculum track choice, or …
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The Relationship between Student Discipline Disproportionality and High School Dropout Rate
… in student discipline and high school dropout rate. Using discipline and dropout data from a mid-Atlantic state school district, discipline disproportionality and dropout rate amongst high school African American, Hispanic, and Caucasian male and females over a period of four …
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Understanding school dropout among adolescents in a rural site of southern Zambia
The study of school dropout in Zambia is still in its infancy. Apart from the countrywide annual surveys conducted by the Ministry of Education, no in-depth study on school dropout seems to have been conducted. These surveys have consistently indicated that school dropout is most common among rural …
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High School Dropout Rates Among Minority Students in a Northern California Suburban Area
… Excellence & Equity (E3) program is about the dropout rates among minority students within a certain county in Northern California. Why are minority students dropping out at higher rates than their white counterparts? The research hypothesis is that the dropout rate is higher among minority …
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Southeast Asian American Students’ Perspectives on Influences that Lead to High School Dropout
<p>High school dropouts continue to happen in the U.S. without a clear solution. Southeast Asian American (SEAA) is a population with significantly disproportionate high school dropout rates and one of the lowest enrollment rates in higher education. This study seeks to challenge the notion that …
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Exploring school dropout among males in the greater Cape Town area, South Africa
… 000 South African learners who drop out of the school system annually. Consequently, scholarly work dealing with topics relating to school dropout in South Africa is limited. This study moves the focus to a specific population group who are at risk of dropping out of school, namely male learners …
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An Investigation of the Effects of a Middle School Reading Intervention on School Dropout Rates
… the effects on reading achievement for middle school students after participation in a computer-based reading intervention program, READ 180, as well as the relationship of program participation to later dropout rates, compared to students enrolled in a traditional reading remediation program. …
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Divided by design: residential segregation and its impact on high school dropout rates in Texas
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2026-05-01
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Understanding School Dropout: An Analysis of the Underlying Causes and Their Significance in Building Meaningful Interventions
… paper is a review of research regarding high school dropout rates and trends in the United States. Findings on the underlying reasons students are dropping out and analyzing this data can help implement widely accessible multi-level support systems in the schools and design sensible policies …
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Program Evaluation of the Effects of Principals on the Success of Charter School Dropout Prevention High Schools
<p>The role of school principals in dropout prevention high schools is critical to enhancing federal cohort graduation rates. This study examined how principals in one dropout prevention high school organization influenced graduation rates. The purpose of this research study was to investigate the …
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A qualitative exploration of high school dropout and retention among adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in South Africa
In South Africa high school attrition and disengagement rates have been problematic for the past decade with adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) more likely to dropout of school than their male counterparts, especially those AGYW from socio-economically disadvantaged communities. Increased …
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Understanding the High School Dropout Process Through Student Engagement and School Processes: Evidence from the Educational Longitudinal Study of 2002
<p>Dropping out of school has been viewed as a final stage in a cumulative process of disengagement. In recent years, the construct of engagement has received increased attention leading policymakers and scholars to suggest that efforts to increase engagement in school could reduce high school …
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An exploratory study of the factors contributing to school dropout among girls in Temeke district of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
… study was to explore the factors contributing to school dropout among girls in Temeke district of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. A qualitative exploratory study approach was adopted by using a semi-structured interview schedule of face?to-face interviews. The study involved a sample of 20 girls aged …
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