Sociological and psychological theories perceive dropout as a process of academic disengagement influenced by both in- and out-of-school factors that generally starts early in a students’ academic career (Alexander, Entwisle, & Horsey, 1997;
It has been the general understanding that the urban high schools that predominantly favor at-risk students haven’t been able to meet expectation since disproportionate numbers of poor white students and minority children are dropping out.
According to a report titled the silent epidemic written by John M. Bridgeland, John J. DiIulio, Jr., and Karen Burke Morison on the Perspectives of High School Dropouts which was championed by the Civic Enterprises, in association with Peter D.
