An examination of compulsory school attendance ages and high school dropout and completion

Educational Policy

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 719-761

  Landis, Rebecca N ^a   Reschly, Amy L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

educational policy; high schools; public education; secondary education; state policies

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051923312     PISSN: 08959048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0895904810374851     Document Type: Article

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