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Download full textSahin, Seyma; Arseven, Zeynep; Kiliç, Abdurrahman – International Journal of Instruction, 2016
The aim of the study is to investigate the causes of student absenteeism and school dropouts at primary, secondary and high school level in Düzce Province and to develop suggestions for solving these problems. A "case study" design, which is one of the qualitative research approaches, was used in this study. The study group consisted of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Attendance, Attendance Patterns, Dropout Rate
Orkin, Kate – Online Submission, 2011
Rural Ethiopian children, and members of their households, often suffer from common and preventable but debilitating illnesses, such as malaria, parasite infection and worms. Enrolment rates in Ethiopia are high, but school attendance is patchy, children often drop out of school (although they sometimes return), and grade repetition is common.…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Grade Repetition, Family (Sociological Unit), Caregivers
Direct linkAbrantes, Pedro; Roldao, Cristina; Amaral, Patricia; Mauritti, Rosario – International Studies in Sociology of Education, 2013
The article analyses the main benefits of a Portuguese programme, launched in 1996, which was designed to support schools in segregated districts (TEIPs). The first part of the article presents a theoretical framework, before moving on to the main features of the TEIP programme in contemporary Portuguese society and education. An explanation of…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Improvement Programs, Formative Evaluation, Program Descriptions
Malloy, JoAnne M.; Sundar, Vidyalakshmi; Hagner, David; Pierias, Leigh; Viet, Tara – Journal of At-Risk Issues, 2010
This article describes the results of a research project designed to assess the efficacy of a secondary transition model, RENEW (Rehabilitation, Empowerment, Natural supports, Education and Work), on the social and emotional functioning of 20 youth at risk of dropping out of high school using the Child and Adolescent Functional Assessment Scale…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, High School Students, Individualized Programs, Transitional Programs
Pridmore, Pat; Jere, Catherine – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2011
This paper is concerned with the gap in educational provision for vulnerable learners in Malawi who are at risk of falling behind and dropping out of school due to irregular attendance. It draws on a study in high HIV-prevalence areas that explores the patterns of inequality and disadvantage that disrupt learning and uses this knowledge to design…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Intervention, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy
Education Commission of the States (NJ3), 2010
States, districts and schools are now being offered unprecedented opportunities to develop programs that will improve student performance and turn around underperforming schools. An understanding of how reducing chronic early absence helps those efforts will go a long way to assure that innovative school improvement policies and practices will be…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, Educational Change, Educational Development, Educational Policy
