What Can Be Done To Improve Struggling High Schools

作者: Julie Berry Cullen , Steven D Levitt , Erin Robertson , Sally Sadoff

DOI: 10.1257/JEP.27.2.133

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摘要: of students drop out high school altogether. In large urban districts, like Chicago, New York City, and Los Angeles, cohort graduation rates hover around 60 to 65 percent. the lowest income quintile, dropout are four times greater than in highest quintile. These statistics especially shocking since

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