Teen Pregnancy: An American Dilemma
This paper outlines the increasing problem of teenage pregnancy in America and suggests that its root causes are increased sexual activity at an earlier age, changing attitudes of young people towards premarital sex, and the attitudes of parents towards sex and marriage.
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• The National Marriage Project • July 16, 1998

Lost Presence and Presents: How Parental Death Affects Children
This paper examines the effects of parental death on investments in children’s health and education.
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• Princeton University • October 01, 2003

Florida's Young Chronic Offenders
This study describes chronic young offenders in Florida, looks at the social costs associated with their criminal activity, and offers suggestions for intervention and policy-making.
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• Florida State University Family Institute • Spring 1999

Postsecondary Education – Participation and Dropping Out: Differences Across University, College and Types of Postsecondary Institutions
This study profiles people who have dropped out of post-secondary institutions and compares them with those who graduate, examining demographic, family and school characteristics.
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• Statistics Canada, Human Resources and Social Development Canada • November 2008

Breakdown Britain: Educational Failure
Thjis 2006 British state of the nation report examines the inequalities in the British education system, largely based on economic and racial factors, and offers recommendations on how to fix these inequalities.
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• Centre for Social Justice • December 2006

Parental Cohabitation Experience and Adolescent Behavioral Outcomes
This paper examines the effects of parental cohabitation on the behavioural outcomes of adolescent girls.
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• Center for Family and Demographic Research • January 2003

A Road Map for Learning: Improving Educational Outcomes in Foster Care
This book provides a framework to help encourage foster children in school.
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• Casey Family Programs • 2004

Vulnerable Youth: Identifying Their Need for Alternative Educational Settings
This paper examines disconnected and at-risk youth and whether their needs could be better met in an alternative educational setting.
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• Urban Institute, Washington, DC • June 2003

Participation in Postsecondary Education: Graduates, Continuers and Drop Outs, Results from YITS Cycle 4
This study examines the characteristics of youth who drop out of postsecondary education.
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• Statistics Canada • November 2007

High School Dropouts Returning to School
This study compares the characteristics of returning high school dropouts by gender.
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• Statistics Canada, Culture, Tourism and the Centre for Education Statistics • April 2008

The Role of Parents in Dropout Prevention: Strategies that Promote Graduation and School Achievement
This research brief explains some of the ways parents can reduce the likelihood that their adolescent will drop out of school.
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• National Center on Secondary Education and Transition (NCSET) and PACER Center • July 2006

Dropping Out of High School: Definitions and Costs
This paper presents research on the costs that high school dropouts incur on themselves and to society as a whole, and focuses specifically on the incidence, characteristics, and the labour market outcomes of dropouts.
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• Human Resources Development Canada • October 01, 2000

Peer Helper Initiatives for Out of Mainstream Youth
This paper looks at the challenges and benefits of using young adults to provide personal support such as mentoring, tutoring, and employment, to adolescent runaways, drop outs, and the homeless.
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• Health Canada • 1996

Unemployment Duration, Schooling and Property Crime
This paper studies the relationship between adolescent unemployment, educational achievement and crime.
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• Center for Economic Policy Research • April 2002

Drug Abuse Among Minority Youth: Advances in Research and Methodology
This document is a collection of research papers and findings on the patterns, causes, and consequences of drug use and abuse among minority youth in America.
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• National Institute on Drug Abuse • 1993

Leave No Youth Behind: Opportunities for Congress to Reach Disconnected Youth
This report examines six government programs that could be used to help disconnected and at-risk youth.
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• Center for Law and Social Policy • July 01, 2003

Education-to-Labour Market Pathways of Canadian Youth: Findings from the Youth in Transition Survey
This study uses data from Canada's Youth in Transition Survey to examine the paths young Canadians choose during the transition from education to the labour market and their associated outcomes.
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• Statistics Canada • November 1, 2007

When Work Matters: The Varying Impact of Work Intensity on High School Dropout
Using propensity-score matching techniques, the authors of this paper determine that long working hours among high school students does not encourage school dropout.
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• American Sociological Association • April 2007

The Education and Labor Market Outcomes of Adolescent Fathers
This paper looks at the long-term outcomes for men who were teen fathers and finds that they generally have lower levels of education and overall earnings.
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• Institute for Research on Poverty • August 01, 1993

Boom Times a Bust: Declining Employment Among Less Educated Young Men
This paper examines employment rates of young males with a high school diploma or less.
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• Center for Law and Social Policy • July 01, 2003

Children At Risk: State Trends 1990-2000
This comprehensive report provides a state-by-state analysis of changes in child well-being from 1990-2000.
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• The Annie E. Casey Foundation • August 01, 2002

Disruptive Events during the High School Years and Educational Attainment
This paper examines how high school attendance, dropout rates, and the pursuit of post-secondary education are affected by family structure and family relocation.
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• Institute for Research on Poverty • August 01, 1998

Report Card on Aboriginal Education in British Columbia: 2004 Edition
This paper looks at the performance of Aboriginal Students in BC schools and finds that the education system is failing British Columbia's Aboriginal students.
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• The Fraser Institute • February 01, 2004

Australian Social Trends 2001: Education - Participation in Education: Trends in Completing School
This article examines the educational attainment statistics for Australian youth as well as the factors influencing adolescents' decisions to drop-out.
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• Australian Bureau of Statistics • May 20, 2002

Learning From Success: What Americans Can Learn From School Choice in Canada
This paper looks at why it is that Canadian students perform better in school than do their American counterparts.
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• The Fraser Institute • February 01, 2002

Can Early Intervention Prevent High School Dropout? Evidence from the Chicago Child-Parent Centers
This paper explores the relationship between particpation in early childhood education centres and programs, and high school drop out rates.
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• Institute for Research on Poverty • November 01, 1998

Why Hispanic Students Drop Out of High School Early: Data from North Carolina
This research brief explores the unique dynamics of high school dropout among Hispanic adolescents in North Carolina.
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• Center for Child and Family Policy • 2002

Transmitting Values about Education: A Comparison of Black Teen Mothers and Their Nonparent Peers
This paper compares the attitudes on the value of educational attainment promoted by families of black teen mothers and non-mothers, and seeks to determine whether or not these attitudes influence their childbearing and educational decisions.
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• Institute for Research on Poverty • July 01, 1996

How Does Adolescent Fertility Affect the Human Capital and Wages of Young Women?
This paper investigates the impact of teenage childbearing on the educational attainment, employment, and income of young women.
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• Institute for Research on Poverty • September 01, 1997

Job Change and Job Stability among Less-Skilled Young Workers
This paper reviews existing research relating to adolescent job stability and instability, and presents new findings from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY).
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• Institute for Research on Poverty • November 01, 1998

One out of Every Five: Teenage Motherhood and Subsequent Childbearing
This paper looks at the factors that influence subsequent childbearing among teenagers and examines the impact that this has on both the mother and the children.
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• Center for Law and Social Policy • August 01, 1998

Effects of Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Motherhood on High School Dropout
Using information from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, this paper indicates that pregnant students and young mothers are more likely to drop-out than their peers and that the risk of dropping out decreases with age.
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• Institute for Research on Poverty • December 01, 1993

Educational Outcomes at Age 19 Associated with Reading Ability at Age 15
This study concluded that students with lower reading levels at age 15 had a more difficult time graduating from high school and were more likely to drop out of high school or to remain in highschool later than their peers.
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• Statistics Canada • June 2006

Improving Primary and Secondary Education on Reserves in Canada
This paper identifies the high secondary school incompletion rate among aboriginals and proposes a First Nations Education Act to improve education on reserves.
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• Caledon Institute of Social Policy • October 2006

Education Indicators in Canada: Report of the Pan-Canadian Education Indicators Program 2005
This report examines educational indicators in Canada such as public and private expenditure on education, public expenditure on education compared to other government programs and debt loads incurred by college and university students upon graduation.
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• Statistics Canada • April 2006

The Effects of Marriage and Maternal Education in Reducing Child Poverty
This report examines two questions: 1) Is marriage effective in reducing child poverty? and 2) What is the comparative effect of marriage and maternal education in combating child poverty? ...
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• The Heritage Foundation • August 02, 2002

Youth Development Programs and Educationally Disadvantaged Youth: A Synthesis
This American study examines programs and services available for older disadvantaged youth.
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• Child Trends • July 2003

Academic Achievement Programs and Youth Development: A Synthesis
This study examines the influence of academic achievement on adolescent development and reviews specific US academic achievement programs.
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• Child Trends • January 2002

Breaking the Cycle? The Effect of Education on Welfare Receipt Among Children of Welfare Recipients
This paper examines the effect of high school completion on the probability that Canadian children who grow up in welfare-reliant homes will come to depend on welfare themselves.
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• The Institute for Fiscal Studies • June 2004

Education Subsidies and School Drop-out Rates
This paper examines whether providing needs-based financial grants to secondary students helps to reduce drop-out rates in England.
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• The Institute for Fiscal Studies • June 2005

A Study of Sexual Health Issues, Attitudes, and Behaviours: The Views of Early School Leavers
This report examines sexual attitudes, behaviours, and beliefs of Irish teenagers who did not complete a secondary education.
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• Crisis Pregnancy Agency • November 2004

Determinants of Educational Attainment Among Adolescents in Egypt: Does School Quality Make a Difference?
This study examines the relationship between school quality and drop-out among Egyptian middle-school students.
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• Population Council, Policy Research Division • 2001

Adolescents' Formal Employment and School Enrollment: Effects of State Welfare Policies
This paper demonstrates that strict welfare policies often serve to reduce job opportunities for youth, by significantly increasing the number of individuals who are looking for jobs.
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• John Hopkins University • February 2004

Dropout Rates in the United States: 2000
This report provides high school dropout and graduation rates from 1972 to 2000, and examines the characteristics of those who graduated high school and those who did not.
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• National Center for Education Statistics • November 2001

Subsequent Educational Attainment of High School Dropouts
This study examined the pursuit of further education by high school dropouts from 1988, and found that about half completed high school and about one quarter enrolled at a postsecondary institution.
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics • June 1998

A Comparison of High School Dropout Rates in 1982 and 1992
This paper compares the American high school drop-out rates for 1982 and 1992 and looks at how the changing demographics of high school students may have impacted students’ educational attainment.
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• National Center for Education Statistics • October 1996

Dropout Rates in the United States: 1997
This report provides high school dropout and graduation rates from 1972 to 1997, and examines the characteristics of those who graduate and those who do not.
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• National Center for Education Statistics • March 1999

Dropout Rates in the United States: 1999
This report provides high school dropout and graduation rates from 1972 to 1999, and examines the characteristics of those who graduated and those who did not.
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• National Center for Education Statistics • November 2000

Dropout Rates in the United States: 1998
This report provides high school dropout and graduation rates from 1972 to 1998, and examines the characteristics of those in 1998 who completed high school and those who did not.
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• National Center for Education Statistics • November 1999

The Condition of Education 1999
This report examines 60 indicators of the status and condition of education in the United States for 1999.
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• National Center for Education Statistics • June 1999

The Condition of Education 1994
This report examines 60 indicators of the status and condition of education in the United States for 1994.
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• National Center for Education Statistics • August 1994

The Condition of Education 1996
This report examines 60 indicators of the status and condition of education in the United States for 1996.
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• National Center for Education Statistics • June 1996

The Condition of Education 1995
This report examines 60 indicators of the status and condition of education in the United States for 1995.
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• National Center for Education Statistics • June 1995

High School Students Ten Years After "A Nation at Risk"
This paper examines changes in students' high school course-taking, achievement, educational goals, and college enrollment rates from 1982 to 1992.
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• National Center for Education Statistics • May 2005

The Condition of Education 1997
This report examines 60 indicators of the status and condition of education in the United States for 1997.
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• National Center for Education Statistics • June 1997

Postsecondary Persistence and Attainment
This paper examines the factors that affect students' educational persistence and attainment such as the type of institution attended, the receipt of financial aid, and decisions about part-time or sporadic studies.
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• National Center for Education Statistics • July 1997

The Condition of Education 2000
This report examines 65 indicators of the status and condition of education in the United States for 2000.
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• National Center for Education Statistics • June 2000

The Condition of Education 2001
This report examines 59 indicators of the status and condition of education in the United States for 2001.
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• National Center for Education Statistics • June 2001

The Condition of Education 2002
This report examines 44 indicators of the status and condition of education in the United States for 2002.
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• National Center for Education Statistics • June 2002

The Condition of Education 2003
This report examines 44 indicators of the status and condition of education in the United States for 2003.
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• National Center for Education Statistics • June 2003

The Condition of Education 2004
This report examines 38 indicators of the status and condition of education in the United States for 2004.
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• National Center for Education Statistics • June 2004

Education and Correctional Populations
This report compares prison inmates to the general population in terms of educational attainment, rates of high school drop out, and factors contributing to drop out.
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs • January 2003

School to Adult Life Transitions through Work and Study: A Select Review of the Literature
This paper discusses the complicated and often difficult transition that youth in Australia must make from high school to full time employment, postsecondary education, or training.
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• The Smith Family • March 2002

Educational Attainment of Foster Youth: Achievement and Graduation Outcomes for Children in State Care
This paper presents data on the educational attainment of Washington's foster care children, and finds that these children perform at lower levels academically than non-foster children, with less than 60% graduating from high school.
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• Washington State Institute for Public Policy • November 2001

Students' Peer Groups in High School: The Pattern and Relationship to Educational Outcomes
This paper examines the nature of peer relations and their impact on high school students' social and academic outcomes.
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• National Center for Education Statistics • June 1997

Childhood Economic Resources, Academic Performance, and the Choice to Leave School at Age Sixteen
This paper examines factors that affect young people's decision to drop out of school at age 16 in New Zealand.
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research • January 2003

High School Dropout, Race-Ethnicity, and Social Background from the 1970s to the 1990s
This paper examines trends in high school drop out in the United States and discusses the social and historical context of early school leaving.
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• Center for Demography and Ecology • December 12, 2000

Welfare Reform and Teenage Pregnancy, Childbirth, and School Dropout
This paper explores the effects of the American welfare reforms on adolescent behaviour in that country.
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• Russell Sage Foundation • April 15, 2003

Teen Fertility and Gender Inequality in Education: A Contextual Hypothesis
This article looks at whether policy efforts to reduce unintended teenage childbearing result in a narrowing of the gender gap in education.
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research • December 08, 2004

Educational Reform, Ability, and Family Background
This paper examines the educational and earnings outcomes of a major school reform in Sweden in the 1950s that extended compulsory schooling, imposed a national curriculum, and abolished selection by ability into academic and non-academic streams.
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• The Institute for Fiscal Studies • April 26, 2004

The Impact of Parental Income and Education on the Schooling of their Children
This paper explores the intergenerational transmission of educational attainment and examines the effects of parental education, family income, and sudden changes in income on high school drop-out.
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• The Institute for Fiscal Studies • January 19, 2005

Premarital Sex and School Dropout in Kenya: Can Schools Make a Difference?
This paper examines the influence of the school environment on the likelihood that adolescent boys and girls will engage in unprotected sexual activity in Kenya.
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• Population Council • March 25, 1999

Engagement and Dropping Out of School: A Life-Course Perspective
In an effort to better estimate why individuals drop out of high school prior to graduating, ...
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• Human Resources Development Canada • February 01, 2001

School Enrollment and the Declining Youth Participation Rate
This article looks at the declining rate of employment among youth between the ages of 15 to 24 years of age and analyzes the effect that school enrolment has on youths’ participation in and their behaviour towards the labour market in the 1990’s.
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• Human Resources Development Canada • February 01, 1998

A Successful Initiative for Educating At-Risk Students
This paper explores Houston's Community Education Partners program, which has proven to be a successful alternative method for dealing with disruptive and/or academically challenged grade nine students.
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• Manhattan Institute for Policy Research • January 11, 2000

Projections of 2003-04 High School Graduates: Supplemental Analyses Based on Findings From Who Graduates? Who Doesn’t?
This paper projects the graduation rates for the 2003/04 American high school students based on ethnicity, living standards, gender, and district location.
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• The Urban Institute Education Policy Center • June 09, 2004

Boys, Girls, and Grades: Academic Gender Balance in British Columbia Secondary Schools
This paper examines the gender differences in the academic achievement of B.
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• The Fraser Institute • May 01, 1999

Keeping Count and Losing Count: Calculating Graduation Rates for All Students under NCLB Accountability
This paper discusses the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, which states that schools should be accountable for the academic achievement of their students.
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• The Urban Institute Education Policy Center • June 01, 2003

Opening Doors: Students' Perspectives on Juggling Work, Family and College
This study looks at the challenges faced by low-income workers who have the opportunity to increase their earning potential by gaining credentials through a community college.
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation • July 01, 2002

Socio-Economic Disadvantage and Experience in Higher Education
This paper reports on trends in higher education for disadvantaged students, and finds that they are more likely to either not enroll in post-secondary education or to drop out before completing their program.
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• The Joseph Rowntree Foundation • May 01, 2003

Substance Use Among School Dropouts
This study provides information about the rates of high school drop-out in the United States and shows that, compared to youths who are enrolled in school, youths who have dropped out of school are more likely to smoke, less likely to drink alcohol and equally likely to use illicit drugs.
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• Office of Applied Studies: Substance Abuse and Mental Health • November 28, 2003

Who Graduates? Who Doesn't? A Statistical Portrait of Public High School Graduation, Class of 2001
This paper examines the graduation rates for American high school students based on ethnicity, living standards, gender, and district location.
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• The Urban Institute Education Policy Center • February 25, 2004

Focus on the Wonder Years: Challenges Facing the American Middle School
This book looks at the academic achievement of American middle school students and examines factors influencing their educational performance, such as the quality and training of teachers and principals, levels of parental involvement, peer relationships, and their social and emotional well-being.
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• RAND Corporation • 2004

Teenagers and Welfare Reform
This paper looks at the 1996 Welfare Reform Act as it relates to teenagers.
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• The Urban Institute • June 15, 2003

Graduation Rates in Washington State
This paper provides Washington State graduation rates broken down by race and region.
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• Center for Civic Innovation at the Manhattan Institute • August 01, 2002

Public School Graduation Rates in the United States
This paper looks at the level of educational attainment of public high school students in the US.
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• Center for Civic Innovation • November 01, 2002

Australian Social Trends 1996: Education - Educational Attainment: Early School Leavers
This article provides Australian statistics on the employment and educational outcomes for young people who drop out of school.
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• Australian Bureau of Staistics • January 12, 2001

A Path to Good Jobs?: Unemployment and Low Wages: The Distribution of Opportunity for Young Unskilled Workers
This paper evaluates different steps a person with little schooling may take to decrease his chances of unemployment and low wages.
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• The Jerome Levy Economics Institute of Bard College • 1994

Losing Our Future: How Minority Youth Are Being Left Behind by the Graduation Rate Crisis
This report looks at the graduation rates for each state and pays particular attention to differences in educational attainment according to race.
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• The Civil Rights Project at Harvard University • February 01, 2004

State Profiles of Child Well-Being: Results for the 2000 Census
This report uses data from the 1990 and 2000 censuses to provide state profiles of child well-being in the United States.
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• Annie E. Casey Foundation • March 01, 2003

Gaining Ground: Women, Welfare Reform, and Work
This report demonstrates that Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), a program of welfare reform, was successful in getting many single mothers off welfare and into the workforce.
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• National Center for Policy Alternatives • February 01, 2002

Arizona’s School To Work Solutions For Out-of-School Youth
This paper looks at school-to-work programs that train trades skills to youths who have dropped out of school.
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• Morrison Institute for Public Policy, Arizona State University • July 01, 1997

Teenage Childbearing
This paper looks at the increasing rates of teenage pregnancies in the US and explores the effect that this trend has on adolescent girls and their infants.
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• The Future of Children • 1992

Trends over Time in the Educational Attainments of Single Mothers
Using data from the Current Population Survey, this paper explores the high rates of high school drop out and welfare participation of single mothers.
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• Institute for Research on Poverty • October 01, 1993

Providing the quality university education our students deserve
This article responds to the projected forecast of a drastic increase in university enrolment and presents the challenges of this increase, as well as the government's readiness for the situation.
• Category: Education > Drop-Out
• Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives • 2003