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Dropouts

• Staying in School. IDRA Focus.
  This theme issue focuses on issues related to high Texas dropout rates among Hispanic and other minority group students and on dropout prevention strategies. "School Finance Inequities Mean Schools Are Not Ready To Teach" (Maria Robledo Montecel) deplores the recent Texas Supreme Court ruling that state educational funding is constitutional, outlines state and national needs for improved school facilities, discusses the relationship of adequate facilities to educational quality, and calls for direct state funding for school buildings.
• The Violence That Creates School Dropouts
  Examines the impact of violence on high school dropouts in their relationships with peers, family, teachers, and school structure. The resistance to school and violence in schools are seen as the result of schools' and society's resistance to dealing with diversity and the impact of various types of violence inherent in this resistance.