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Caring for Kids : A Critical Study of Urban School Leavers by Richard J. Altenbaugh, Rodney R. Cocking, David E. Engel and Don T. Martin (1995, Uk-B Format Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherRoutledge

ISBN-100750701935

ISBN-139780750701938

eBay Product ID (ePID)422101

Product Key Features

Number of Pages215 Pages

Publication NameCaring for Kids : a Critical Study of Urban School Leavers

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1995

SubjectUrban, General

TypeTextbook

AuthorRichard J. Altenbaugh, Rodney R. Cocking, David E. Engel, Don T. Martin

Subject AreaEducation

FormatUk-B Format Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight12 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN95-007252

Dewey Edition20

Dewey Decimal373.12/913

Table Of ContentPart I Introduction: The Social Terrain; School Leavers in American Society; The Problem; Context and Approach. Part II The Pittsburgh Study: The School Setting; School Personnel; School Knowledge; Why School Leavers Left and Why They Returned. Part III Conclusions, Analyses and Policy Implementations: The Social Context; Caring; Policy Recommendations.

SynopsisThe 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., Recent school drop-out figures in the US average at least 25 per cent. This text, based on interviews with school leavers who later returned to school, asks four basic questions: who drops out?; why did they drop out?; what made them return?; and what will prevent the drop-out in the first place?

LC Classification NumberLC146.7.P4A48 1995