Dropping Out: How Much Do Schools Contribute to the Problem?
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Arguing that educators have little control over a dropout's background characteristics, Gary Wehlage and Robert Rutter probe the High School and Beyond data for insights into the characteristics of students' school experiences that may contribute to dropping out and that might be altered through policy interventions.
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The self-esteem ratings of students rise when they drop out of schools.
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- Authors
- Wehlage, G. G., & Rutter, R. A.
- Affiliations
- University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
- Venue
- Teachers College Record: The Voice of Scholarship in Education
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 1986-01
- Volume
- 87
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 374-392
- ISSN
- 0040-0475 (ISSN-L)
- 0161-4681
- 1467-9620
- OpenAlex
- W1568520049
- Cited by
- 517
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 90.98
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Teachers College Record The Voice of Scholarship in Education (publishedVersion)
- Teachers College Record The Voice of Scholarship in Education
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Education › Educational Outcomes and Influences
- Social Sciences › Education › School Choice and Performance
- Social Sciences › Education › Higher Education Research Studies
- Keywords
- high school dropout, school failure, student background, school experience, High School and Beyond, student attrition
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