Uninspired and Over-Disciplined: Preventing the School-to-Prison Pipeline with Psychology
Each year, nearly 1/3 of America's high school students drop out, and more than 3% of America's youth are expelled. Studies have shown that those who drop out or are expelled end up becoming a disproportionate amount of the prison population. Despite these important problems, they only get worse, and schools continue to use failed policies.

In this short book, readers will discover the impact that dropping out of school or being expelled has on a person throughout his or her life, and the ways in which psychology is being utilized to try to reduce the number of American youth leaving school early. This book look at successful and unsuccessful examples while reaching a conclusion as to what kind of policies are likely to successfully improve the percentage of kids that stay in school.
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Uninspired and Over-Disciplined: Preventing the School-to-Prison Pipeline with Psychology
Each year, nearly 1/3 of America's high school students drop out, and more than 3% of America's youth are expelled. Studies have shown that those who drop out or are expelled end up becoming a disproportionate amount of the prison population. Despite these important problems, they only get worse, and schools continue to use failed policies.

In this short book, readers will discover the impact that dropping out of school or being expelled has on a person throughout his or her life, and the ways in which psychology is being utilized to try to reduce the number of American youth leaving school early. This book look at successful and unsuccessful examples while reaching a conclusion as to what kind of policies are likely to successfully improve the percentage of kids that stay in school.
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Uninspired and Over-Disciplined: Preventing the School-to-Prison Pipeline with Psychology

Uninspired and Over-Disciplined: Preventing the School-to-Prison Pipeline with Psychology

by Charles River Editors
Uninspired and Over-Disciplined: Preventing the School-to-Prison Pipeline with Psychology

Uninspired and Over-Disciplined: Preventing the School-to-Prison Pipeline with Psychology

by Charles River Editors

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Each year, nearly 1/3 of America's high school students drop out, and more than 3% of America's youth are expelled. Studies have shown that those who drop out or are expelled end up becoming a disproportionate amount of the prison population. Despite these important problems, they only get worse, and schools continue to use failed policies.

In this short book, readers will discover the impact that dropping out of school or being expelled has on a person throughout his or her life, and the ways in which psychology is being utilized to try to reduce the number of American youth leaving school early. This book look at successful and unsuccessful examples while reaching a conclusion as to what kind of policies are likely to successfully improve the percentage of kids that stay in school.

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BN ID: 2940012945228
Publisher: Charles River Editors
Publication date: 06/05/2011
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
File size: 14 KB
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