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The effect of funding for disadvantaged students on academic underachievement
Humanities & Social Sciences CommunicationsWe estimate the effect of school funding for disadvantaged students on academic underachievement in primary education. For this purpose, we exploit a policy in Belgium that granted additional funding for schools with a share of disadvantaged students of ...
Oleg Badunenko +3 more
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Cogent EducationOver the past two decades, early school leaving (ESL) rates in the European Union have significantly decreased, from 17.6% in 2000 to 9.5% in 2023. ESL refers to individuals aged 18–24 who leave education without upper secondary qualifications.
Sarah Gardezi +4 more
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Quels enseignements peut-on tirer du PISA : l’exemple des écarts de performances entre les sexes
Recherches en Éducation, 2012 The paper explores how PISA data can be used to analyze cross-country variations in the gender gap in academic performance and the attitudes and behaviors of 15-year-old boys and girls.
Maciej Jakubowski, Francesca Borgonovi
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Allergy, EarlyView.BL‐Predictor has emerged as a new tool for delabeling penicillin allergy. External validation has shown a specificity of 93% for detecting low‐risk patients. This score could potentially reduce diagnostic costs and the negative consequences associated with incorrect antibiotic allergy labels.
Marina Labella +14 more
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Tackling poverty and disadvantage in schools: working with the community and other services [PDF]
, 2011 The link between disadvantage and educational underachievement is still strong. Most schools still fail to target support specifically at disadvantaged learners and only a few analyse data effectively enough to identify disadvantaged learners.
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British Journal of Educational Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract Background Youth with neurodevelopmental disorders are at risk for school failure, but little is known about the contextual factors influencing academic achievement. Aims Drawing on a bioecological system framework, we examined how ADHD and autism, parental educational attainment and aspects of the parent–child relationship influence ...
Jakob Åsberg Johnels +5 more
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Learning without understanding
Ianna Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, 2022 Background: Academic achievement is one of the major goals and objectives of education. However, student underachievement is on the increase in Fine and Applied Arts.
Vershima Joseph Itiav +2 more
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Taking boys seriously: a longitudinal study of adolescent male school-life experiences in Northern Ireland [PDF]
, 2012 This report presents the findings of a five year longitudinal study (2006-2011) carried out by The Centre for Young Men’s Studies at the University of Ulster and funded by the Department of Education and the Department of Justice.
Harland, Ken, McCready, Sam
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New opportunities for disadvantaged pupils: the step-up programme [PDF]
, 2009 In the UK, the link between low income and poor educational outcomes has been long established. The Step-Up programme, which was initiated in Northern Ireland in 2000, was conceived and developed as a specific response to the under achievement and non ...
Finlay, Chris +2 more
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Children &Society, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Despite being viewed as highly equal welfare societies, child poverty remains an unsolved problem in the Nordic countries. This article investigates the various types of institutionalised, underlying beliefs about child poverty held by professionals working within the Finnish primary school system, and how these assumptions shape school ...
Christa Järvinen +2 more
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