Staying back and dropping out: The relationship between grade retention and school dropout

Sociology of Education

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 210-240

  Stearns, Elizabeth ^a   Moller, Stephanie ^a   Blau, Judith ^b   Potochnick, Stephanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 34548305230     PISSN: 00380407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003804070708000302     Document Type: Article

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