Abstract

Dropout prevention has recently received considerable attention from both practitioners and researchers and, in fact, has been set as a national goal. Suggestions for prevention have been far-ranging and both national and local in scope. In this article, dropout prevention strategies, particularly the school-based efforts. are reviewed. While traditional research has been based on a "social deficiency model" of dropouts. a growing body of literature indicates that schools themselves may need to be restructured to effectively address the dropout problem.

How to Cite:

McCaul, E., (1905) “Approaches to Dropout Prevention: The Philosopher's Stone Revisited”, Journal of Research in Rural Education 6(2), 25–30.

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