Autorentext
Bruce S. Cooper, Ph.D., is Professor Emeritus, Education Administration and Public Policy, Graduate School of Education, Fordham University; having taught at University of Pennsylvania and Dartmouth College, after receiving his doctorate at the University of Chicago with Donald A. Erickson, as his mentor. Cooper has written 35 books on education politics and policy, including The Handbook of Education Politics and Policy, in two editions with Lance D. Fusarelli and James Cibulka; served as President of the Politics of Education Association and a founding member of Private School Research Association; and received the Jay D. Scribner Award for Mentoring and the UCEA.

Klappentext

Re-frames the issue of school attendance (and truancy) as it poses key questions to students with important implications and answers.

Inhalt

Chapter 1 List of Figures and Tables
Chapter 2 Foreword
Chapter 3 1 Truancy Revisited: From a Student Deficit Model to Rational Choice Theory
Chapter 4 2 Truancy Analyzed: The Students' View
Chapter 5 3 Fighting Truancy: A Three-Pronged Approach
Chapter 6 Appendix: Student Truancy & Attendance Review (STAR-II)
Chapter 7 References
Chapter 8 Index
Chapter 9 About the Authors