Descriptor
Academic Failure | 1 |
Compulsory Education | 1 |
Dropout Attitudes | 1 |
Dropout Characteristics | 1 |
Dropout Rate | 1 |
Dropout Research | 1 |
Dropouts | 1 |
Educational Attainment | 1 |
Educational History | 1 |
Public Opinion | 1 |
Racial Factors | 1 |
More ▼ |
Author
Dorn, Sherman | 1 |
Publication Type
Journal Articles | 1 |
Reports - Research | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
Administrators | 1 |
Policymakers | 1 |
Practitioners | 1 |
Researchers | 1 |
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewed
Dorn, Sherman – History of Education Quarterly, 1993
Reviews the origins and development of the 20th-century term "drop-out." Asserts that the social construction of the drop-out problem explicitly marks the time when secondary education became a common expectation in the United States. Contends that secondary education's success created the concept of a drop-out "problem." (CFR)
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Compulsory Education, Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Characteristics