Beyond Education Dollars: Does Social Safety Net Spending Affect High School Graduation Rates?

Sharon Kukla-Acevedo1, Ignacio David Acevedo-Polakovich2

  • 1School of Politics, Society, Justice, and Public Service, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan.

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