LEADER 03702nam 2200613 a 450 001 9910457228903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-674-06316-3 024 7 $a10.4159/harvard.9780674063167 035 $a(CKB)2550000000074969 035 $a(OCoLC)768123453 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10518209 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000551209 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11408583 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000551209 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10524442 035 $a(PQKB)10886272 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3300999 035 $a(DE-B1597)178123 035 $a(OCoLC)840444824 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674063167 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3300999 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10518209 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000074969 100 $a20110418d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDropping out$b[electronic resource] $ewhy students drop out of high school and what can be done about it /$fRussell W. Rumberger 210 $aCambridge, Mass. $cHarvard University Press$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (395 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-674-06656-1 311 $a0-674-06220-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- The varying requirements and pathways for completing high school -- The nature and extent of the dropout crisis -- The individual consequences of dropping out -- The social consequences of dropping out -- Understanding why students drop out -- Predictors of dropping out -- Learning from past efforts to solve the dropout crisis -- What should be done to solve the dropout crisis. 330 $aThe vast majority of kids in the developed world finish high school-but not in the United States. More than a million kids drop out every year, around 7,000 a day, and the numbers are rising. Dropping Out offers a comprehensive overview by one of the country's leading experts, and provides answers to fundamental questions: Who drops out, and why? What happens to them when they do? How can we prevent at-risk kids from short-circuiting their futures?Students start disengaging long before they get to high school, and the consequences are severe-not just for individuals but for the larger society and economy. Dropouts never catch up with high school graduates on any measure. They are less likely to find work at all, and more likely to live in poverty, commit crimes, and suffer health problems. Even life expectancy for dropouts is shorter by seven years than for those who earn a diploma.Rumberger advocates targeting the most vulnerable students as far back as the early elementary grades. And he levels sharp criticism at the conventional definition of success as readiness for college. He argues that high schools must offer all students what they need to succeed in the workplace and independent adult life. A more flexible and practical definition of achievement-one in which a high school education does not simply qualify you for more school-can make school make sense to young people. And maybe keep them there. 606 $aHigh school dropouts$zUnited States 606 $aHigh school dropouts$zUnited States$xPrevention 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aHigh school dropouts 615 0$aHigh school dropouts$xPrevention. 676 $a373.12/913 686 $aDO 9002$2rvk 700 $aRumberger$b Russell W$01031758 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910457228903321 996 $aDropping out$92454279 997 $aUNINA