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What is the true reality behind the large numbers of “drop-out” learners?
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Hamman, pp. 11–56.
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Advancement Project. (2010). Test, punish, and push out. How “zero tolerance” and high stakes testing funnel youth into the school-to-prison pipeline. Los Angeles and Washington, DC.
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Ibid., See the original report for specific and detailed explanations (p. 7).
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Soto, L.D. (2011). Drop-Out/Push-Out Learners: Driving Youth from School to Prison. In: Latina/o Hope. Explorations of Educational Purpose, vol 14. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0504-3_5
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