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Bradfield, Tracy; Crowley, Frank – Irish Educational Studies, 2019
Ireland's fee-paying schools consistently rank highly in Ireland's secondary school league tables. Evidence also notes that the alumni of fee-paying schools represent a large proportion of those in leadership positions in business, politics and the legal professions. This paper examines the factors that affect the decision of Irish households to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Proprietary Schools, Secondary Schools, Fees
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Smyth, Emer – Educational Review, 2020
Educational expectations and the way in which they shape actual outcomes act as an important vehicle for the intergenerational reproduction of social inequality. This article draws on rich information from the Growing Up in Ireland longitudinal study to explore the factors influencing the educational expectations of 13-year-old young people and…
Descriptors: Expectation, Early Adolescents, Adolescent Attitudes, Parent Attitudes