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‘Where are the adults?’: Troubling child‐activism and children's political participation
Abstract Children's political participation is a well‐established theme in childhood studies. In this article we offer an original account of child activism that takes into account the entangled and emergent aspect of children as activists. We begin with a historical and a conceptual review, noting the importance of mid‐20th century developments such ...
Sharon Hunter, Claire Cassidy
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This section lists discussion papers DP2009/11-16 issued in December 2009, and news releases made by the Bank in the period October-December 2009.
Reserve Bank of New Zealand
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Can boarding schools help looked after and vulnerable children improve academic attainment?
Abstract The education of children in statutory care, or at the edge of care, is a serious concern for governments and policymakers. How to promote educational opportunities for these children can involve challenging and often contentious proposals. In this paper, we study one proposal put into practice in England: the provision to children who are in ...
David Murphy +2 more
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Inequalities in school spending across local authorities in England: A time‐trend analysis
Abstract Investment in schools has wide‐ranging implications for society, from improving learning outcomes to economic growth and social cohesion. Addressing inequalities in school funding is important, as part of an effort to guarantee equal opportunities.
Lateef Akanni +10 more
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Abstract Guidance from the Department for Education stipulates that permanent exclusions should only be used as a last resort and where there is potential for harm to come to anyone in the school setting. Suspensions are positioned as a tool to communicate to a pupil that their behaviour is in breach of the school's behaviour policy.
Megan Whitehouse
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Forecasting and Criminal Justice Policy and Practice. [PDF]
Sabol WJ, Baumann ML.
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Forecasting the Labor Market Prospects of Low-Skilled Americans [PDF]
This paper forecasts the post-recession labor market experiences of less-skilled men and women. It uses empirical relationships and the Bush Administration's 2004 and 2005 forecasts of the national unemployment rate to predict the employment-population ...
William M. Rodgers
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What works in internal alternative provision? A salutogenic analysis
Abstract Schools across England are setting up ‘internal alternative provision’ to meet the social, emotional and mental health needs of increasing numbers of pupils at risk of suspension, exclusion and absence. However, there is little guidance about what good practice looks like.
Emma Simpson
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Biases of professional exchange rate forecasts: Psychological explanations and an experimentally based comparison to novices [PDF]
The empirical performance of macroeconomic exchange rate models is more than disappointing. This dismal result is also reflected in the forecasting capabilities of professional analysts: all in all, analysts are not in a position to beat naïve random ...
Bofinger, Peter +2 more
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Sovereign spreads and financial market behavior before and during the crisis [PDF]
JEL: C23, E43, E62, F34, G01, G12, H60This paper aims at shedding some light on the mechanisms of pricing the EMU countries’ sovereign bonds in financial markets.
Gajewski, Paweł
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