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Download full textAlmeida, Cheryl; Johnson, Cassius; Steinberg, Adria – Jobs for the Future, 2006
One of the major barriers to making good on this promise is the broad set of misconceptions framing most discussions of the dropout issue. Too often, both public perception and public policy seem based on the notion that dropping out is confined to a small--and particularly unmotivated--group of young people. A related assumption, although rarely…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Young Adults, Educational Policy, Dropout Characteristics
