Rethinking the Causes of High School Dropout
By Will J. Jordan, Ph.D., James M. McPartland, Ph.D., & Julia Lara, Ph.D.
The Prevention Researcher,
Volume 6, Number 3, 1999, Pages 1-4
Send this page to a friend"Rethinking the Causes of High School Dropout" explores the two major categories of school drop out: being pushed out and being pulled away. Youth who are "pushed out" leave school because they are unable to cope with, or tolerate, conditions existing within the school's environment. Youth who are "pulled away" are those who drop out as a result of events or conditions taking place beyond the schoolhouse doors.
Beyond exploring these two categories, the authors also examine how they relate to students' race/ethnicity and gender.
Editor's Note: Don't miss our 2009 issue, "Preventing School Dropout: How All Adults Can Support School Completion."
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This article can be found in the issue:
School Dropout Prevention
The Prevention Researcher,
Volume 6, Number 3, 1999
School dropout is an important issue in our communities and the focus of this 1999 issue of The Prevention Researcher.
This issue also featured these articles:
- Do Extracurricular Activities Protect Against Early School Dropout?, Pages 10-12
- Dropout Prevention for Highest-Risk Latino Students, Pages 7-9
- Reaching Youth Out of the Mainstream, Pages 4-7
- Rethinking the Causes of High School Dropout, Pages 1-4
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