Creating the Dropout: An Institutional and Social History of School Failure by S

Description: Creating the Dropout by Sherman Dorn By the 1960s, high schools had become mass institutions saddled with the expectation of universal education for Americas youth. The consolidation of a dropout stereotype focused on the presumed dependency and delinquency of dropouts, with the resulting programs focusing on guidance and vocational training. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description By the 1960s, high schools had become mass institutions saddled with the expectation of universal education for Americas youth. Ironically, with this broadening of clientele and mission came the idea and phenomenon of the dropout. The consolidation of a dropout stereotype focused on the presumed dependency and delinquency of dropouts, with the resulting programs focusing on guidance and vocational training. Why the problem persists is the topic of this study with more constructive perspectives on dropping out. Author Biography SHERMAN DORN is Assistant Professor of Social Foundations of Education at the University of South Florida. He holds history degrees from Haverford College and the University of Pennsylvania. Table of Contents IntroductionLong-Term Demographic PatternsThe Changing Mission of High SchoolsEarly Attitudes Toward Attrition"Social Dynamite"The Limits of Dropout ProgramsOmissionsDropout TidesThe Demeaning Dropout DebateSourcesIndex Review ?In documenting the history of the dropout problem, Dorn tells three related sets of stories. First, this book is a story about rising expectations for schooling and the changing role of the high school over this century from an elite to a mass institution. Second, this book is a story about the creation of a social problem and a social class of people that need to be singled out for special supports and services. And, third, it is a story about the intransigence of school systems and the ways in which schools buffer themselves from real change to response to new problems....The historical sections of this book are excellent and contribute to an inderstanding of how concerns over dropouts have shaped school systems and societys response. The book also serves as a useful policy history?-Journal of Policy Analysis and Management?Let me recommend Sherman Dorns new book, Creating the Dropout. The book understakes a scholarly trek through the rhetoric of school leaving, contruing economic and political vagaries as the occasions for a manufactured problem.?-Education Policy Analysis Archives"Let me recommend Sherman Dorns new book, Creating the Dropout. The book understakes a scholarly trek through the rhetoric of school leaving, contruing economic and political vagaries as the occasions for a manufactured problem."-Education Policy Analysis Archives"In documenting the history of the dropout problem, Dorn tells three related sets of stories. First, this book is a story about rising expectations for schooling and the changing role of the high school over this century from an elite to a mass institution. Second, this book is a story about the creation of a social problem and a social class of people that need to be singled out for special supports and services. And, third, it is a story about the intransigence of school systems and the ways in which schools buffer themselves from real change to response to new problems....The historical sections of this book are excellent and contribute to an inderstanding of how concerns over dropouts have shaped school systems and societys response. The book also serves as a useful policy history"-Journal of Policy Analysis and Management Promotional This history of school dropout policies argues that the U.S. has inherited the wrong perspective on dropping out, which has resulted in faulty and unconstructive corrective measures. Long Description By the 1960s, high schools had become mass institutions saddled with the expectation of universal education for Americas youth. Ironically, with this broadening of clientele and mission came the idea and phenomenon of the dropout. The consolidation of a dropout stereotype focused on the presumed dependency and delinquency of dropouts, with the resulting programs focusing on guidance and vocational training. Why the problem persists is the topic of this study with more constructive perspectives on dropping out. Review Quote "Let me recommend Sherman Dorns new book, Creating the Dropout. The book understakes a scholarly trek through the rhetoric of school leaving, contruing economic and political vagaries as the occasions for a manufactured problem." Education Policy Analysis Archives Promotional "Headline" This history of school dropout policies argues that the U.S. has inherited the wrong perspective on dropping out, which has resulted in faulty and unconstructive corrective measures. Details ISBN0275951758 Author Sherman Dorn Short Title CREATING THE DROPOUT Pages 176 Language English ISBN-10 0275951758 ISBN-13 9780275951757 Media Book Format Hardcover Year 1996 Publication Date 1996-04-30 Country of Publication United States Illustrations tables, index Place of Publication Westport Imprint Praeger Publishers Inc Subtitle An Institutional and Social History of School Failure DOI 10.1604/9780275951757 UK Release Date 1996-04-30 NZ Release Date 1996-04-30 US Release Date 1996-04-30 Audience Age 7-17 Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing Plc DEWEY 373.129130973 Audience Undergraduate AU Release Date 1996-04-29 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:6970905;

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