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ERIC Number: EJ171495
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1977
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Early School Leaving--An Invitation to Disaster
Passow, A. Harry
Educational Leadership, 35, 3, 209-14, Dec 77
Traces the historical development and rationale for compulsory school attendance laws and argues that lowering the age of compulsory education without providing viable options for the social development and self-realization of youth is to invite disaster for youth and for society. (Author/JG)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational History, Educational Trends, School Attendance Legislation, Secondary Education
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