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Direct linkShedd, Carla – Russell Sage Foundation, 2015
Chicago has long struggled with racial residential segregation, high rates of poverty, and deepening class stratification, and it can be a challenging place for adolescents to grow up. "Unequal City" examines the ways in which Chicago's most vulnerable residents navigate their neighborhoods, life opportunities, and encounters with the…
Descriptors: Racial Segregation, Low Income, African American Students, Transportation
Romo, Harriett D.; Falbo, Toni – 1996
This book describes how "at-risk" Hispanic youth defy the odds and stay in school to earn a high school diploma. Information about success is needed because Hispanic youth drop out at about twice the rate of non-Hispanic Whites. The discussion is based on the results of a 4-year longitudinal study of 100 Hispanic youth labeled at-risk by…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Research
