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Undereducation in America: The Demography of High School Dropouts

Autor Dorothy Waggoner
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 29 dec 1991 – vârsta până la 17 ani
.Who are the majority high school dropouts? They are neither the poor nor members of minority groups. Rather they are native-born white youth from homes in which only English is spoken and with incomes above the poverty level. However, minority and poor youth are more likely to be undereducated, and minority youth are more likely to be poor. Undereducation in America provides the most up-to-date and comprehensive examination of the high school dropout problem available today. It examines the numbers, rates, and characteristics of undereducated young people among white majority; African American; Hispanic; American Indian, Eskimo, and Aleut; Asian and Pacific Islander youth; and among non-Hispanic language minority whites. Having a non-English language background is not necessarily an educational risk factor of itself for dropping out of school. Dr. Waggoner finds that American schools are failing all youth, but she finds American Indian, Eskimo, and Aleut youth are the most likely of all native-born youth to be undereducated. Most of the much-noted disparity between the dropout rates of Hispanic youth and the rates of other groups is due to the limited education of many Hispanic immigrants, who constitute less than 30 percent of the entire group.The findings of Undereducation in America provide a guide for policy makers, school administrators, researchers, community groups, and others seeking solutions to the problems of educating school populations that, increasingly, are culturally and linguistically diverse.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780865690431
ISBN-10: 086569043X
Pagini: 256
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 16 mm
Greutate: 0.54 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Praeger
Locul publicării:New York, United States

Notă biografică

DOROTHY WAGGONER is a specialist in language minority statistics and bilingual education. Prior to her retirement from the Federal Government, she held positions in the Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs and the National Center for Education Statistics of the U.S. Department of Education. She chaired an interagency committee charged with planning the language questions for the 1980 census. Dr. Waggoner has written extensively on the numbers and characteristics of language minority populations and their educational needs.

Cuprins

Foreword by Jose CardenasIntroductionUndereducationWho Are the Undereducated Youth?The Risk of UndereducationWhite Majority Youth Who Are UndereducatedAfrican American Youth Who Are UndereducatedHispanic Youth Who Are UndereducatedNon-Hispanic White Minority Youth Who Are UndereducatedAmerican Indian, Eskimo, and Aleut Youth Who Are UndereducatedAsian and Pacific Islander Youth Who Are UndereducatedAppendix A: The Source and Accuracy of the DataAppendix B: DefinitionsAppendix C: Questions from the Long Form of the 1980 Census of Population Used for the Special Analysis of Undereducated YouthBibliographyIndex