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O'Connor, Mike – Australian and International Journal of Rural Education, 2021
This article analyses the impact of three demographic factors on student attendance over a three-year population level statistical analysis of student attendance rates in Queensland (Australia) state secondary schools. Whole school attendance rates were mapped against the demographic factors of schools' Index of Community Socio-Educational…
Descriptors: Student Characteristics, Attendance Patterns, Secondary School Students, Foreign Countries
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John Guenther; Samuel Osborne; Steve Corrie; Lester-Irabinna Rigney; Kevin Lowe – Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 2022
In late 2013, under the leadership of Prime Minister Abbott, the Australian Government announced a new policy designed to increase attendance rates in remote community schools--the Remote School Attendance Strategy (RSAS). The model assumed that employing local people in the program, which was designed to support parents get their children to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Attendance, Rural Schools
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Molloy, Carly S.; Guo, Shuaijun; Goldfeld, Sharon – Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly affected children's care and education worldwide. This article reports on patterns of participation in early childhood education and care (ECEC) across Australia as influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic and national policies. Using ECEC data from Xplor -- a software platform used across Australian childcare…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, COVID-19, Pandemics
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Baxter, Lindy; Meyers, Noel – Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 2021
This project focused on 45 Indigenous students who attended most often (90-100%) at an Australian urban primary school to identify factors that facilitate high attendance. We analysed student records and to provide student voice, an Indigenous Worker in the school conducted a student questionnaire. Student responses showed friendships,…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Elementary School Students, Indigenous Populations, Attendance Patterns
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Mills, Martin; Howell, Angelique; Lynch, Deborah; Dungan, John – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2021
School absenteeism has been concerning educators in the Global North (including Australia) as research suggests a relationship between school attendance, academic achievement and subsequent life chances. This paper focuses on the perspectives of 50 school leaders in Queensland, Australia about approaches to improving attendance. Strategies…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, Principals, Administrator Attitudes, Improvement