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Relationships And Dropping Out: The Voice Of At-Risk Youth, Robert Thomas Henry
Relationships And Dropping Out: The Voice Of At-Risk Youth, Robert Thomas Henry
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The practice of retaining students in grade has been studied, researched, discussed, criticized and yet it continues. Dropping out of school prior to graduation has been studied, researched, discussed, written about and continues to be practiced by our youth. Policymakers are often provided quantitative data to consider as they explore, evaluate, and deliberate issues such as the practice of retention-in-grade to assure adherence to standards, or in response to the social, political, and educational problems created by youth who have dropped out from school.
Current studies and research into retention and dropping out fail to include the issues from the …