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Peer reviewedFine, Michelle – Teachers College Record, 1986
The author analyzed the economic and social arrangements, school policies and practices, and individual and collective psychologies of adolescent dropouts from a comprehensive high school in New York City. (MT)
Descriptors: Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Characteristics, Dropouts, High Schools
Peer reviewedFine, Michelle – Social Policy, 1985
Presents a case study of a New York City high school with a high dropout rate. Focuses on teaching quality, students' attitudes and stresses, and school structure and practice. Argues that school reforms must be developed along with efforts to improve the overall life conditions of students. (KH)
Descriptors: Black Students, Dropout Prevention, Dropouts, Educational Environment
Fine, Michelle – Journal of Urban and Cultural Studies, 1990
Public obsession with issues of measurement, early intervention, promotion, suspension, education, age of exit, and alternative education dominates discourse on what can be done about high school dropouts. Additional controversial issues of societal structural interdependence are examined for their importance in education reform for minority and…
Descriptors: Dropout Research, Dropouts, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Change
