Dropping Out: What the Research Says.

Wheelock, Anne

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Dropping Out: What the Research Says.

Wheelock, Anne

Equity and Choice, v3 n1 p7-11 Fall 1986

Recent literature suggests it is not students' backgrounds, but schools' response to students' backgrounds that determines students' success in school. School practices and policies adopted in response to student performance in attendance, academics, and behavior also have a significant impact on students' decision to leave school before graduating. (Author/PS)

Descriptors: Academic Failure, Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Characteristics, High Risk Students, Potential Dropouts, Promotion (Occupational), School Holding Power, Secondary Education, Student School Relationship, Suspension, Teacher Response

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