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Montecel, Maria Robledo – International Journal on School Disaffection, 2008
Intercultural Development Research Association (IDRA) is an independent, non-profit organization with a vision for schools that work for all children. It partnered with Coca-Cola in 1984 and began a dropout prevention program just as it was conducting the first comprehensive study of school dropouts in Texas. Its annual studies since then have…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Foreign Countries, Economic Development, Tutors
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Montecel, Maria Robledo; Cortez, Josie D.; Cortez, Albert – Education and Urban Society, 2004
The factors that contribute to student dropouts have been the focus of extensive deliberation during the last decade. Despite expanded attention, the number of dropouts remains unacceptably high. Drawing on the authors' 17-year history of dropout research in Texas, Arizona, and across the country, this article describes the alarming dropout rates,…
Descriptors: Dropout Research, Dropout Programs, Dropout Rate, Dropout Prevention