The 9th grade shock and the high school dropout crisis

Social Science Research

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 709-730

  Pharris Ciurej, Nikolas ^a   Hirschman, Charles ^a   Willhoft, Joseph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Office of the Superintendent   (United States)

Author keywords

9th Grade shock; Academic performance; Educational inequality; High school completion process; High school dropouts; Life course

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858287938     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2011.11.014     Document Type: Article

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