Educational researchers studying student dropout and teacher attrition typically ask whether
specific events occur by particular points in time. In this article, we argue that a more …

School dropout is increasingly being conceptualized as a serious social problem extending
far beyond the boundaries of the school. This paper heeds recent calls for non-educators' …

In this highly original work, Robert and Beverley Cairns follow the pathways of 695 young
people growing up in the 1980s and 1990s (their educational successes and failures, their …

From a life course perspective, high school dropout culminates a long-term process of
disengagement from school. The present paper uses data from a representative panel of …

This study examined the characteristics of a cohort of Mexican-American tenth-grade
students to determine why some Mexican-American students are academically successful …

This longitudinal study examined behavioral, cognitive, and demographic factors associated
with early school dropout. Follow-up assessments were completed on a sample of girls (n …

Previous research on high school dropouts has typically examined the relationship between
a student's attributes and dropping out, but research on the more" voluntary" or behavioral …

Research has investigated a wide range of factors associated with dropout behavior,
including family-related factors. However, most investigations of family-related factors have …

Although a substantial body of recent research has examined the impact of neighborhood
socioeconomic distress on youth socioeconomic attainment and urban social dislocations …

This article analyzes the effectiveness of widely used risk factors for identifying students who
will drop out of school. The findings indicate that nearly all risk factors are not effective …