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Do children drop out of school in kindergarten? : a reflective, systems-based approach for promoting deep change / Gregory P. Hickman and Randy S. Heinrich.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hickman, Gregory P., 1965-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dropouts--United States.
- Dropouts.
- United States.
- Dropouts--United States--Prevention.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 121 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Education, [2011]
- Summary:
- In Do Children Drop Out of School in Kindergarten? Gregory Hickman and Randy Heinrich show how high school dropouts in many ways "drop out" of school long before they reach high school. Using a comprehensive systems approach, Hickman and Heinrich argue that our policy makers, educators, parents, and community members need to scrutinize our education system for moving past fixing short-term symptoms to engaging core, long-term problems for deep, effective change.
- Contents:
- The usual suspects: what do we know regarding why children drop out of school?
- Methodology
- Background and demographics
- Does the pathway to dropping out of school really start in kindergarten?
- Absenteeism
- Middle school
- Core courses
- Standardized tests vs. classroom performance
- Are educational pathways set in stone from kindergarten?
- Understanding human ecology: a systems approach in understanding why children drop out of school.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 9781610485753
- 1610485750
- 9781610485760
- 1610485769
- 9781610485777
- 1610485777
- OCLC:
- 741103386
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