| | | Bridgeland, John M. | | DiIulio, Jr., John J. | | Burke Morison, Karen | | | The Silent Epidemic | | Perspectives of High School Dropouts | | | Washington, D.C., USA | | Civic Enterprises, LLC | | 2006 | | In Kooperation mit der Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation | | | "(...) There is a high school dropout epidemic in America. Each year, almost one third of all public high school students - and nearly one half of all blacks, Hispanics and Native Americans - fail to graduate from public high school with their class. Many of these students abandon school with less than two years to complete their high school education. The central message of this report is that while some students drop out because of significant academic challenges, most dropouts are students who could have, and believe they could have, succeeded in school. This survey of young people who left high school without graduating suggests that, despite career aspirations that require education beyond high school and a majority having grades of a C or better, circumstances in students? lives and an inadequate response to those circumstances from the schools led to dropping out. (...)" | | |  hier klicken (PDF 1,11 MB) | |
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