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Creating the Dropout: An Institutional and Social History of School Failure
Sherman Dorn
Creating the Dropout: An Institutional and Social History of School Failure
Sherman Dorn
By the 1960s, high schools had become mass institutions saddled with the expectation of universal education for America's youth. The consolidation of a dropout stereotype focused on the presumed dependency and delinquency of dropouts, with the resulting programs focusing on guidance and vocational training.
176 pages, tables, index
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | April 30, 1996 |
ISBN13 | 9780275951757 |
Publishers | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc |
Pages | 176 |
Dimensions | 154 × 235 × 18 mm · 396 g |
Language | English |