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Download full textFetler, Mark – 1989
Educational policy makers have questioned the effects of school reform on at-risk students and suggested that higher academic standards may be associated with greater numbers of dropouts. This study examines school average dropout rates for 2 consecutive years in conjunction with percent aid to families with dependent children (AFDC), total…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Dropout Programs, Dropout Rate
Holland, Ann K.; Marsiglia, Flavio F. – 1993
The social and educational status of children from homeless families was studied in four cohorts of Cleveland (Ohio) public school students who requested transportation from homeless shelters for the school years from 1987-88 to 1990-91. Total cohort size ranged from the 1987-88 high of 39 students to the 1990-91 low of 22 students, with 36…
Descriptors: Black Students, Children, Cohort Analysis, Disadvantaged Youth
Household Composition Change and Economic Welfare Inequality: 1960 to 1980. CDE Working Paper 88-18.
Wojtkiewicz, Roger A. – 1988
This paper considers the following dimensions of the change in household composition of the United States population between 1960 and 1980: (1) a decrease in the number of households headed by a couple; and (2) a decrease in the number of children per household. Examination of census figures from 1960, 1970, and 1980 reveals that blacks and whites…
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Black Family, Blacks, Census Figures
