Creating the Dropout

Subtitle
An Institutional and Social History of School Failure

Author Sherman Dorn

By the 1960s, high schools had become mass institutions saddled with the expectation of universal education for America's youth. Ironically, with this broadening of clientele and mission came the idea and phenomenon of the dropout. The consolidation of a dropout stereotype focused on the presumed dependency and delinquency of dropouts, with the resulting programs focusing on guidance and vocational training. Why the problem persists is the topic of this study with more constructive perspectives on dropping out.

Bio

Sherman Dorn is the director of the Division of Educational Leadership and Innovation since 2014 for the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at Arizona State University, supporting the faculty, academic professional and staff colleagues who work closely with the division's 2,500 students.


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Publisher
Praeger
ISBN
0275951758

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