Voices of Latino male high school students on their disconnect with education: Perspectives of "drop-outs" and those on the brink

Latino Studies

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 416-438

  Halx, Mark D ^a   Ortiz, Moisés ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

drop out; high school; male students; student perspective; voice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856382197     PISSN: 14763435     EISSN: 14763443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/lst.2011.49     Document Type: Review

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