Dropping Out: Why Students Drop Out of High School and What Can Be Done about It

by Russell W. Rumberger

Book Overview

Most kids in the developed world finish high school--but not in the United States. More than a million drop out every year, and the numbers are rising. Dropping Out 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?

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674062205
• ISBN13: 9780674062207
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.5"