The High Cost of Dropping Out: How Many? How Come? How Much? A Texas KIDS COUNT Special Report

Autor/inn/en	Deviney, Frances; Cavazos, Leticia
Institution	Center for the Public Policy Priorities, Austin, TX.
Titel	The High Cost of Dropping Out: How Many? How Come? How Much? A Texas KIDS COUNT Special Report
Quelle	(2006), (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Quantitative Daten; Dropouts; Graduation; Dropout Rate; High School Students; Student Attrition; Texas; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Abschluss; Graduierung; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Schülerbeurlaubung; USA
Abstract	Every May, hundreds of thousands of Texas high school seniors don caps and gowns to celebrate an academic rite of passage: high school graduation. Texas' youth face a rapidly changing world, one increasingly dependent upon education as the cornerstone for economic success. Without the skills to succeed in the nation's new economy, students who leave without a diploma face a lifetime of limited opportunities and low earnings. The variety of ways that the dropout rate is calculated has generated controversy over the last several years, both in Texas and the United States. Using the most recent data available, this document provides an overview of how the dropout rate is measured in Texas, as well as data on who is dropping out and why. The costs and benefits of keeping dropouts in school are also examined. (Contains 52 endnotes.) [This report was produced by the Center for Public Policy Priorities.] (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Center for Public Policy Priorities. 900 Lydia Street, Austin, TX 78702. Tel: 512-320-0222; Fax: 512-320-0227; Web site: http://www.cppp.org/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10