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Getting There: Improving Attendance in the Buffalo Public Schools [PDF]

, 2015
High rates of absenteeism in the Buffalo Public Schools (“BPS”) are strongly linked to low academic performance and graduation rates. Several difficult issues contribute to the low attendance in Buffalo, including poverty, segregation, mental and ...
Meyers, Tina, Stern, Rachel
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Sustaining the teaching profession: Innovating the ‘golden thread’ in university‐led teacher education

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper examines the implications of England's ‘golden thread’ policy framework for teacher education, which describes a state‐mandated, linear model of professional learning from initial teacher training and education through to continuing professional development.
Amanda Nuttall, Ed Podesta, Aimee Quickfall, Megan Stephenson   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The relationship between ‘school readiness’ and later persistent absenteeism

Royal Society Open Science
Post-pandemic school absence is an increasing concern for governments worldwide. Absence is associated with poor academic outcomes and long-term illness (physical and mental).
Megan L. Wood, Lydia Gunning, Mark Mon-Williams   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bullying and school attendance: a case study of senior high school students in Ghana [PDF]

, 2010
This paper focuses on senior high school students and the ways that bullying affects their school attendance. Selected items from the 2008 Ghana Global School-based Student Health Survey are analysed first to explore the relationships between the ...
Bosumtwi-Sam, Cynthia, Dunne, Máiréad, Owusu, Andrew, Sabates, Ricardo   +3 more
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School Absenteeism as a Perpetuating Factor of Functional Somatic Symptoms in Adolescents:The TRAILS Study [PDF]

, 2011
Objective To examine whether school absenteeism is a perpetuating factor of functional somatic symptoms and whether this holds true for bullied adolescents.
Dijkstra, Jan, Janssens, Karin, Oldehinkel, Tineke, Rosmalen, Judith, Veenstra, René   +4 more
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Exploring personality traits and mental toughness in early career teachers in England

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract While some teachers thrive, in similar circumstances other teachers encounter considerable difficulties. This is particularly concerning in England, where high numbers of teachers with five or fewer years' experience leave the profession to take another job outside of teaching, and pupil numbers are outpacing teacher numbers (Bryan & Price ...
Joanne E. Taberner, Sarah MacQuarrie
wiley   +1 more source

Adult-onset asthma morbidity and related economic costs in middle age due to intentional chronic absenteeism in high school: An epidemiologic study using the national longitudinal survey of youth 1979 data.

PLoS ONE
ObjectiveMany authors examined the individual and societal impact of school absenteeism. Nevertheless, no empirical study has looked at the potential direct correlation between deliberate school absences and chronic illnesses in mid-adulthood.
Zongqiang Liao, Neville Francis, Kevin Brooks   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Reasons for absenteeism in rural primary schools in two Colombian municipalities

Revista Salud Bosque, 2020
Background: School absenteeism is a considerable problem generally related to higher dropout rates, poor academic achievement and school lag. This study determined the frequency and causes of overall and illness-related absenteeism of students in rural ...
Sandra Lucía Vargas, María Inés Matiz, Victor Alberto Olano, Diana Sarmiento-Senior, Juan Felipe Jaramillo, Neal Alexander, Audrey Lenhart, Thor Axel Stenström, Hans J Overgaard   +8 more
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What characterises well‐connected schools? Exploring centrality in inter‐organisational school networks

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Within the educational literature, inter‐organisational school networks are commonly considered instruments for administration, management, and school improvement, but are rarely scrutinised as objects of study themselves. Conversely, in organisational studies, this perspective is given more prominence.
Ignacio Wyman, Paul Wilfred Armstrong
wiley   +1 more source

Medical Advice for Sick-reported Students (MASS) in intermediate vocational education schools: design of a controlled before-and-after study

BMC Public Health, 2017
Background School absenteeism, including medical absenteeism, is associated with early school dropout and may result in physical, mental, social and work-related problems in later life.
Madelon K Van der Vlis, Marjolein Lugtenberg, Yvonne T.M. Vanneste, Wenda Berends, Wico Mulder, Rienke Bannink, Amy Van Grieken, Hein Raat, Marlou L.A. de Kroon   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source