Over the past 5 years, a great deal of attention has been paid to the development of early
warning systems for dropout prevention. These warning systems use a set of indicators …

This report uses a unique set of data obtained from the Kids Integrated Data System (KIDS),
which is housed at the University of Pennsylvania's Cartographic Modeling Laboratory. The …

Executive summary Roughly one-quarter of Australia's 19 year olds do not complete Year 12
or equivalent qualifications and a similar proportion of 24 year olds are not actively engaged …

Although scholars have employed rigorous causal methods to examine the relationship
between education and crime, few of them have taken a causal approach to the study of …

BACKGROUND: Children with brain injuries face significant challenges in their recovery.
One of the greatest is transitioning from hospital/home to school where they face issues such …

This article examines findings on student perceptions of individual interventions based on
the principles of universal design for learning (UDL). The examination includes a …

This book explores the many ways in which the obsession with “being smart” distorts the life
of a typical college or university, and how this obsession leads to a higher education that …

Abstract Each year, 1.3 million students fail to graduate, dropping the United States' high
school graduation rate to 69%. One of the most salient predictors of high school dropout is …

The most recent Office of Special Education report (2006) showed a persistent school
completion gap between general education students and peers identified as having “high …

Acting as a counterbalance to the current unworkable law, this book proposes a more
realistic way to achieve NCLB's inspiring vision by ensuring the right to “meaningful …