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Why are Hispanic and African-American dropout rates so high?

Lofstrom, Magnus (contributor) - 2007

groups, Hispanics and African-Americans, compared to non-Hispanic whites. In this paper we utilize unique student-level data … dropout rates. We show that poverty is a key contributor. Lack of English proficiency among Hispanic student is linked to the …