Making Good on a Promise [electronic resource] : What Policymakers Can Do to Support the Educational Persistence of Dropouts. Double the Numbers: A Jobs for the Future Initiative / Cheryl Almeida, Cassius Johnson and Adria Steinberg.

One of the major barriers to making good on this promise is the broad set of misconceptions framing most discussions of the dropout issue. Too often, both public perception and public policy seem based on the notion that dropping out is confined to a small--and particularly unmotivated--group of you...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Author:	Almeida, Cheryl
Corporate Author:	Jobs for the Future, Inc
Other Authors:	Johnson, Cassius, Steinberg, Adria
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 2006.
Subjects:	Dropouts. Young Adults. Educational Policy. Dropout Characteristics. Public Policy. Misconceptions. High School Equivalency Programs. Postsecondary Education. High Risk Students. Dropout Programs. Academic Persistence. Low Income Groups. Policy Formation.