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Dumping Ground or Effective Alternative: Dropout-Prevention Programs in Urban Schools

Link: http://www.corwinpress.com/default.htm

Focusing on students’ perspectives, this article examines whether an urban dropout-prevention program offers students effective alternatives to regular classes or if, instead, the program is simply a dumping ground for unwanted students. Findings generated from interviews and observations suggest both.

• Author/Creator: Groth, C.
• Author's address: Corwin Press, Inc. A Sage Publications Company 2455 Teller Road Thousand Oaks, CA 91320-2218
• Date Published: May
• Journal/Secondary Title: Urban Education
• Number: 2
• Volume: 33
• Year: 1998

This resource is cataloged under:

• Network/channel: NCCRESt: People: Students
• Subject: Dropout Prevention
• Subject: Dropout Programs
• Subject: Program Effectiveness
• Subject: School Climate and Classroom Environment
• Subject: Student Attitudes

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