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ERIC Number: EJ528262
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1996
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Native Dropouts and Non-native Dropouts in Canada: Two Solitudes or a Solitude Shared?
Brady, Patrick
Journal of American Indian Education, v35 n2 p10-20 Win 1996
The socioeconomic status of Canadian native students may be more important than cultural differences when explaining their high dropout rate. Disadvantaged native and nonnative students share many experiences that isolate them from the mainstream school culture, including placement of disadvantaged students into lower-track courses and differential treatment with regard to school regulations and within the classroom setting. (LP)
Descriptors: Canada Natives, Culture Conflict, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Research, Dropouts, Educational Discrimination, Educational Experience, Educational Practices, Foreign Countries, Lower Class Students, School Culture, Secondary Education, Secondary School Students, Social Status, Socioeconomic Status, Student Alienation, Whites
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada
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