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Direct linkMcKinney, Stephen – Improving Schools, 2014
Child poverty is a global issue that affects around half the children in the world; it is inextricably bound to the poverty experienced by their parents and families and has been identified by the United Nations as a human rights issue. Child poverty can be a barrier to children and young people accessing school education or achieving any form of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Poverty, Access to Education, Correlation
Carpenter, Angelica Shirley – School Library Journal, 2006
This article presents an interview with Jacqueline Wilson, a popular British author of children's books. Wilson has published 86 books for children and young adults with more than 20 million copies sold in the U.K. alone. Wilson's fans--mostly seven- to 14-year-old girls--love her gripping plots about dysfunctional families, homelessness, and…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Homeless People, Family Violence, Childrens Literature
Willott, John; Stevenson, Jacqueline – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2006
Training programmes for unemployed people are often designed to meet the identified vocational skill needs of businesses. We describe research across a number of projects in Leeds (United Kingdom) providing training to unemployed and marginalised adults. The focus was on those with multiple barriers to accessing and sustaining training and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Employment Potential, Personal Autonomy, Job Skills
