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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
Fine, Michelle – Equity and Choice, 1991
Research on dropouts at an urban, comprehensive New York City high school found a complex politics of "discharge" and low awareness on the part of students and parents of legal entitlement to education, which allowed 66 percent of a ninth grade cohort to dropout without comment or concern. (JB)
Descriptors: Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Characteristics, Dropouts, Educational Legislation
