Author: Clarence R. HallPublisher:
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Category : Dropouts
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
A Study of Male Eighth Grade Graduates of Codington County, South Dakota who Dropped Out and who Did Not Start High School from 1948 Through 1952
Author: Clarence R. HallPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dropouts
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
A Survey of 1949 Eighth Grade Graduates in Roberts County, South Dakota, who Were Not Attending High School in 1949-50
Author: Donald P. DellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Educational surveys
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
The Rural School Dropout
Author: E. Grant YoumansPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dropouts
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
A Follow-up Study of Eighth Grade Graduates of the Bigfork High School District for the Years 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, and 1949
Author: Raymond Lester PeckEducation in Peril
Author: Emby McKinley MillerPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Education is seen as one of the several critical factors in promoting the healthy development of youth as they transition to adulthood. In the current era, a high school diploma is considered a minimum requirement for employment in most sectors of the economy (Barton, 2006). The job prospects for youth who have not completed high school often are bleak, unstable, and relatively undesirable. Among youth living in disadvantaged urban communities, the rates of high school drop-out are highest among African American and Latino males. Although considerable efforts and resources have been devoted to preventing vulnerable youth from dropping out of high school, it is a persistent problem in many of our large urban school districts around the country. Part of the reason for this impasse is the gap between what is known about why and how vulnerable youth leave school or what helps them to succeed. Recognizing the effects of dropping out of high school on society, the question is why do urban, African American male students drop out of high school? What makes these students more prone to dropping out than their counterparts who remain in school? In an effort to better understand the lives and circumstances of these student groups, this research investigation uses a comparative case method to examine similarities and differences in the life histories of a matched sample of high school graduates and dropouts. This study investigates how the developmental systems of family, neighborhood, peers and education shape the youth's perspective on school. Findings reveal that while both groups experience high levels of risk factors high school drop-outs had significantly more risk experiences in the family, community, and criminal justice domains. Dropouts also had fewer protective factors in the school, peers, community, and family domains. Individuals experience educational obstacles in multiple domains and as such schools are not likely to promote educational resiliency without additional supports operating in the community to assist disadvantaged families.
Examining the Phenomenon of Dropping Out of High School Through the Perspectives and Experiences of the African American Male
Author: John L. ColbertPublisher:
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Category : African American high school boys
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
We expect all students to achieve and succeed in school, yet current data shows that 23.6% of African American students in Arkansas drop out of school (Bailey & Dziko, 2008). The African American male high school dropouts are much higher than the number of male dropouts from other ethnic groups. As the researcher reviewed the current data about African American dropouts, it was the impetus behind this study. Although many have discussed and written about African American male dropouts in educational forums, essays, short stories, dissertations, and even movies, few have captured the experiences of the African American males in qualitative research, allowing them to have a voice. The study focused on the African American males' perspectives and their educational experiences during high school and how these experiences influenced their decisions to drop out of high school. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to examine the reasons why African American males decided to drop out of high school. The researcher engaged subjects in an in depth assessment of the issues that influenced their decisions to leave high school. The researcher felt that, in order to glean a true picture of the facts as it relates to the African American dropouts, it was imperative to relate the issues to those who were affected. As we examine this dilemma, it is very important that educators understand how African American students might respond or not respond in the learning environment.
The Next Greatest Thing
Author: Richard A. PencePublisher:
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Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
"50 years of rural electrification in America"--Jacket subtitle.
A History of the Anderson Family, 1706-1955
Author: Edward Lee AndersonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : South Carolina
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
The Naeseth-Fehn Family History
Author: Gerhard Brandt NaesethPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
Giants in the Earth
Author: Ole Edvart RølvaagPublisher:
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Category : Dakota Territory
Languages : en
Pages : 506
Book Description
A narrative of pioneer hardship and heroism on the boundless Dakota prairie, as a Norwegian-American immigrant family passed through Ellis Island and worked to eke out a living in America's midwest.