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Peer reviewedHamovitch, Bram A. – Teachers College Record, 1996
Investigates the informal curriculum of a state-funded after-school dropout prevention program for adolescents. The program's goal is to resocialize them into their schools and enable them to achieve academic success. The paper proposes that the program fails to achieve its goal because of its ideology, and it recommends an alternative perspective…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, After School Programs, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
