02063nam a2200193Ia 4500008004100000020001800041020001800059040001800077041000800095100002600103245010700129260005900236300003800295504004200333505139100375650004001766650003201806650003101838130821s2011    enka   gr           eng    a9780674062207  a9780674066564  aCo-BoUCMbspa00aeng1 aRumberger, Russell W.10aDropping out  why students drop out of high school and what can be done about itcRussell W. Rumberger  aCambridge (Inglaterra)bHarvard University Pressc2011  axii, 380 páginasbilustraciones  aIncluye referencias bibliográficas.0 a1. Introduction. -- 2. The varying requirements and pathways for completing high school : The conflicting goals of high school ; The requirements for completing high school ; Alternative pathways to high school completion. -- 3. The nature and extent of the dropout crisis : What does it mean to drop out of school? ; The debate over dropout and graduation rates ; Measuring dropout and graduation rates ; The vast differences in dropout and graduation rates. -- 4. The individual consequences of dropping out : Labor market outcomes ; Crime ; Family formation ; Health ; Civic engagement ; Well-being ; Intergenerational mobility. -- 5. The social consequences of dropping out : Consequences for the economy ; Consequences for the larger society ; Total economic losses from dropouts. -- 6. Understanding why students drop out : The process of dropping out ; The reasons students report for dropping out. -- 7. Predictors of dropping out : Individual predictors of dropping out ; Institutional predictors of dropping out ; Explaining racial and ethnic differences in dropout rates. -- 8. Learning from past efforts to solve the dropout crisis : Alternative approaches to improving dropout and graduation rates ; What works? ; What have we learned from large-scale reform efforts?. -- 9. What should be done to solve the dropout crisis : Current efforts ; Moving beyond current efforts.04aDeserción escolarzEstados Unidos04aEstudianteszEstados Unidos04aTeoría de la educación