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Almost All Parents (95%) Feel That Some Material Learned During the School Year is Lost Over the Summer Months
This poll surveys Canadian parents on their children's education retention over the summer, reporting their thoughts on summer school, the necessity of a summer break, and the amount of school learning their children lose during the summer months.
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Education > Educational Expectations
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Ipsos-Reid
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April 01, 2003
Opinion of Quebeckers on the Organization and Financing of Public Schools
This poll of 1000 Quebeckers reports that approximately half of respondents favour eliminating school taxes and a majority of respondents favour granting schools more autonomy in hiring and firing teachers.
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Education > Educational Expectations
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Montreal Economic Institute/ Leger Marketing
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February 2007
Understanding the Early Years: Early Childhood Development in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY) and other national data sources, this report assesses Saskatoon children’s outcomes in terms of family background, family processes, and community factors and discerns how to improve the impact of these factors.
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Education > Educational Expectations
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Human Resources Development Canada
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November 01, 2002
Foster Care Children Need Better Educational Opportunities
This paper argues that early warning signs of many problems are seen in the classroom and consequently foster care children should be provided with school choice options and tuition scholarships to remedy common problems foster children face such as instability and low expectations.
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Education > Educational Expectations
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The Heritage Foundation
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June 5, 2007
Race to the Bottom: Minority Children and Special Education in Arizona Public School
This paper presents findings from a national survey of special education students showing that minority students in Arizona are more likely than non-minority students to be placed in special education programs.
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Education > Educational Expectations
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Goldwater Institute
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May 10, 2004
The Impact of Tuition Scholarships on Low-Income Families: A Survey of Arizona School Choice Trust Parents
This paper discusses the implementation of a program that provided tuition scholarships to low-income students which enabled them to attend a private school.
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Education > Educational Expectations
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Goldwater Institute
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December 11, 2003
Education Scholarships: Expanding Opportunities for Students, Saving Taxpayers Money
This paper addresses Arizona's need to balance its budget while improving education, by suggesting that businesses make donations to charitable organizations that offer scholarships to low-income students, enabling them to attend private school.
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Education > Educational Expectations
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Goldwater Institute
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March 26, 2002
Effectiveness of Special Education: Is Placement the Critical Factor?
While acknowledging that no method of instruction or placement can make learning disabled students perform at the same level as their non-disabled peers, this paper argues that it is the quality of instruction, not the placement environment, that is most important in helping these students.
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Education > Educational Expectations
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The Future of Children
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Spring 1996
Aboriginal education in Quebec: A benchmarking exercise
This article looks at what can be done to address the high drop-out rate among Aboriginal high-school students in Quebec.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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C.D. Howe Institute
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April 2011
Career Goals in High School: Do Students Know What it Takes to Reach Them and Does it Matter?
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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Statistics Canada
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October 1, 2009
Full-Day Kindergarten in California Lessons from Los Angeles
This report evaluates the impact of full-day kindergarten in Los Angeles and finds small benefits for some at-risk children in certain learning areas.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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Public Policy Institute of California
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September 2009
Dropouts: The Achilles' Heel of Canada's High-School System
This report looks at the dropout-rate within Quebec and the rest of Canada.
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Education > Educational Expectations
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C.D. Howe Institute
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October 2009
Summary Public School Indicators for the Provinces and Territories, 2000/2001 to 2006/2007
This article is a comprehensive look at the public education system from the 2000/2001 school year through to the 2006/2007school year.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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Statistics Canada
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August 2009
Interrupting High School and Returning to Education
This article is a fact sheet examining the proportion of young adults who have left high school without a diploma.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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Statistics Canada
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April 2010
Intergenerational Education Mobility Among the Children of Canadian Immigrants
This report focuses on the education outcomes of children of immigrants.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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Statistics Canada
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October 2008
No Child Left Behind and the Education Achievement Gap
This research brief examines the racial and ethnic gap in academic achievement among students in the United States.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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Center for Child and Family Policy
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2002
The Schools We Need: A Blueprint for Ontario
This report argues that the future of public education in Ontario may be in danger and that fundamental changes need to be made to the goals, funding, governance, and teacher support systems of the educational system.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto
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April 01, 2003
Class Size and Student Achievement: Is There a Link?
This paper presents evidence suggesting that decreasing class size does not enhance students' academic performance.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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Goldwater Institute
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August 01, 1995
Self-Reported Violent Delinquency and the Influence of School, Neighbourhood and Student Characteristics
This study examined the influence of school, surrounding neighbourhood—defined as the area within one-kilometre of a school—and student characteristics on the likelihood of student violent delinquency.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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Statistics Canada
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September 2009
Social Fact Sheet
This fact sheet examines Canadian population estimates, religious attendence, health indicators other demographic information.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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Statistics Canada
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08/21/2010
2008 Survey of Canadian Attitudes towards Learning: Results for learning throughout the lifespan
This annual survey examines Canadian attitudes and beliefs about learning from early childhood through the lifespan.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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Canadian Council on Learning
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February 2009
Low Incomes, High Standards; Can private schools make a difference for low income families?
This survey-based study examines educational preference and satisfaction among low income parents who access independent schools for their children.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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Fraser Institute
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June 2008
Breakdown Britain: Educational Failure
Thjis 2006 British state of the nation report examines the inequalities in the British education system, largely based on economic and racial factors, and offers recommendations on how to fix these inequalities.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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Centre for Social Justice
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December 2006
School Achievement of Canadian Boys and Girls in Early Adolescence: Links with Personal Attitudes and Parental and Teacher Support for School
Using data on ten and eleven year old children from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth this paper examines the links between academic achievement, children’s self-perception, and the support of adults during the child’s transition to adolescence.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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Human Resources Development Canada
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October 01, 1998
Participation in Postsecondary Education: Graduates, Continuers and Drop Outs, Results from YITS Cycle 4
This study examines the characteristics of youth who drop out of postsecondary education.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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Statistics Canada
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November 2007
Child Protection and Education
This paper examines the extent to which schools in England have been, and are currently, involved in the area of child protection.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
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December 2000
Students' Reports of School Crime: 1989 and 1995
This report uses data from the 1989 and 1995 National Crime Victimization Survey to analyze changes in youths' experiences of violence and property theft at school.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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National Center for Education Statistics, Bureau of Justice Statistics
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March 1998
Ontario’s Private Schools: Who Chooses Them and Why?
This survey examines the characteristics of the growing number of parents who use private schools in Ontario and investigates the reasons for their choice.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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The Fraser Institute
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May 2007
Community Soundings: The Primary Review regional witness sessions
This paper reports on 87 regionally-based discussion sessions with those involved in day-to-day primary school education in Britain including children, staff, managers and parents.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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University of Cambridge Faculty of Education
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October 2007
Comparison of Traditional Public Schools and Charter Schools on Retention, School Switching, and Achievement Growth
This paper discusses the effectiveness of charter schools at helping students who may otherwise have fallen through the cracks of the public school system.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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Goldwater Institute
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March 15, 2004
Roll Play: How creating better access to schools in Christchurch could affect school rolls
This research report examines ways state run schools in Christchurch, New Zealand could be improved in quality and access.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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Maxim Institute
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2007
Canadians and Back to School
This survey examines Canadians' satisfaction with education, wishes for teacher priorities, as well as parents' spending on school clothes and supplies.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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Leger Marketing
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August 25, 2003
Canadians and Back to School
This survey shows Canadian attitudes toward the effectiveness of the school system.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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Leger Marketing
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August 01, 2003
Report Card on British Columbia’s Secondary Schools: 2001 Edition
This paper outlines the indicators used by the Fraser Institute to measure the performance of British Columbia's high schools.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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The Fraser Institute
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March 01, 2002
Report Card on British Columbia’s Secondary Schools: 2002 Edition
This paper outlines the indicators used by the Fraser Institute to measure the performance of British Columbia's high schools.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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The Fraser Institute
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March 01, 2002
Report Card on Alberta's Elementary Schools: 2004 Edition
This paper outlines the indicators used by the Fraser Institute to measure the performance of Alberta's elementary schools.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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The Fraser Institute
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February 01, 2004
Report Card on Alberta's Elementary Schools: 2004 Edition
This report provides an evaluation and ranking of 769 of Alberta's public, separate, private, charter, and francophone elementary schools.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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The Fraser Institute
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February 01, 2004
Education-to-Labour Market Pathways of Canadian Youth: Findings from the Youth in Transition Survey
This study uses data from Canada's Youth in Transition Survey to examine the paths young Canadians choose during the transition from education to the labour market and their associated outcomes.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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Statistics Canada
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November 1, 2007
Why Are Most University Students Women? Evidence Based on Academic Performance, Study Habits and Parental Influences
This study uses Canadian data to account for the gender gap in university classrooms.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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Statistics Canada
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September 2007
Research Facts on Homeschooling
This fact sheet provides research about those who choose to educate at home.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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National Home Education Research Institute
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July 10, 2006
Building, Engaging, and Supporting Family and Parental Involvement in Out-Of-School Time Programs
This brief examines the benefits of parental involvement in out-of-school programs and the hindrances to parental involvement.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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Child Trends
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June 2007
Overview: Children in Canada in the 1990’s
This paper provides an overview of the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY) for 1994-1995.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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Human Resources Development Canada
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November 01, 1996
Do Children from Welfare Families Obtain Less Education?
This paper presents evidence that children whose parents rely on welfare have significantly lower levels of educational attainment as adults.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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Institute for Research on Poverty
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December 01, 2000
What Do Teachers Teach? A Survey of America’s Fourth and Eighth Grade Teachers
This survey asked 4th and 8th Grade teachers about their philosophies, teaching methods and practices, academic expectations for students, and opinions on other issues of education policy.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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Center for Civic Innovation at the Manhattan Institute
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September 01, 2002
Non-Market Outcomes of Schooling
This paper examines some benefits of education that are not related to economic returns.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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Institute for Research on Poverty
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May 01, 1995
Teachers, Race and Student Achievement in a Randomized Experiment
This study addressed the question of whether or not students' academic achievement is actually enhanced by having a teacher of the same ethnic background as themselves.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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Education Next
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April 01, 2003
Australian Social Trends 1994: Religion - Special Feature: Religion and Education
This article looks at statistics on the religious affiliation of schools and students in Australia, as well as the educational qualifications of those who identify with a particular religion.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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Australian Bureau of Statistics
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February 22, 2001
Patterns of Young Children’s Development: An International Comparison of Development as Assessed by “Who Am I?”
This paper discusses the applicability of Who Am I?--a measure of school readiness--across different cultures, and looks at how age and level of schooling affects children’s performances at certain tasks.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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Human Resources Development Canada
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April 01, 2002
School Readiness: Helping Communities Get Children Ready for School and Schools Ready for Children
This paper explains the concept of school readiness and discusses ways that communities can prepare young children for school by investing in child health, early childhood education and care, literacy, school transitional programs, media programming and neighbourhood development.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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Child Trends
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October 01, 2001
Report Card on Aboriginal Education in British Columbia: 2004 Edition
This paper looks at the performance of Aboriginal Students in BC schools and finds that the education system is failing British Columbia's Aboriginal students.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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The Fraser Institute
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February 01, 2004
Are Public Housing Projects Good For Kids?
This paper finds that public housing projects have a positive effect on housing quality and children's educational attainment.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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Institute for Research on Poverty
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July 1999
Education and Skills: The Economic Benefit
This document explains the importance of education and skills policies, and provides information pertaining to the economic benefits of education for the individual and society.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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National Statistics: Department for Education and Skills
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May 06, 2003
The Effect of School Quality on Educational Attainment and Wages
This paper demonstrates that family background, neighbourhood composition, and ability are more important determinants of educational and wage attainment than is school quality.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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Institute for Fiscal Studies
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December 01, 2000
Report Card on Alberta's Elementary Schools: 2003 Edition
This paper outlines the indicators used by the Fraser Institute to measure the performance of Alberta's elementary schools.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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The Fraser Institute
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February 01, 2003
Academic Achievement in American Cities: Comparison of Public Comprehensive, Public Magnet, Catholic, and Non-Religious Private High Schools
This paper discusses the many failures of comprehensive public schools in urban areas and looks at possible alternatives.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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Institute for Research on Poverty
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July 01, 1994
Learning From Success: What Americans Can Learn From School Choice in Canada
This paper looks at why it is that Canadian students perform better in school than do their American counterparts.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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The Fraser Institute
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February 01, 2002
At What Age Should Children Enter Kindergarten? A Question for Policy Makers and Parents
This paper looks at whether or not older children have an academic advantage over younger ones in kindergarten and the early years of school.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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Society for Research in Child Development
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2002
Is History Destiny? Resources, Transitions and Child Education Attainments in Canada
Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY), this report examines how a person’s past history (resources, transitions, attainments) affects their future outcomes, and the role policy interventions can play in order to improve these outcomes.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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Human Resources Development Canada
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December 01, 2002
Would Higher Tuition Fees Restrict Access to University Studies?
Using Quebec as an example, this paper argues that lowering tuition fees does not lead to increased enrolment in universities.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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Montreal Economic Institute
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February 01, 2004
Schooling, the Hidden Curriculum, and Children’s Conceptions of Poverty
This article discusses the rising income inequality in the United States and argues that the education system teaches children the dominant societal belief that the poor are responsible for their own situation.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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Society for Research in Child Development
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1997
Educational Resources and Outcomes in California, by Race and Ethnicity
This article examines the relationship between school and family resources and educational attainment for students from various racial and ethnic backgrounds in California.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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Public Policy Institute of California
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February 2005
Background for Community Level Work on Educational Adjustment in Adolescence: Reviewing the Literature on Contributing Factors
This paper looks at students' educational adjustment by examining academic performance, achievement motivators, school engagement, and educational goals and expectations.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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Child Trends
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December 2001
At Home and in School: Racial and Ethnic Gaps in Educational Preparedness
This article examines conditions from early childhood through to high school that influence or predict educational attainment, with particular attention paid to racial and ethnic differences in these indicators.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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Public Policy Institute of California
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November 2001
Do High Grading Standards Affect Student Performance?
This paper discusses the impact of educational standards and expectations on the academic performance of children.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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The Hoover Institute
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February 01, 2003
Report Card on Alberta’s High Schools: 2001 Edition
This paper outlines the indicators used by the Fraser Institute to measure the performance of Alberta's high schools.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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The Fraser Institute
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May 01, 2001
School Finance Reforms, Tax Limits, and Student Performance: Do Reforms Level Up or Dumb Down?
This paper examines the effect that changes to public school funding have on students' math and reading test performance.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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Institute for Research on Poverty
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September 01, 1997
Report Card on Alberta’s High Schools: 2002 Edition
This paper outlines the indicators used by the Fraser Institute to measure the performance of Alberta's high schools.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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The Fraser Institute
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May 01, 2002
Grade Retention and School Performance: An Extended Investigation
This paper outlines several predictors of grade retention for children and provides evidence that grade retention does not promote student achievement but rather impedes academic and social development.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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Institute for Research on Poverty
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August 01, 1998
Let the Funding Follow the Children: A Solution for Special Education in Ontario
This paper looks at evidence that the public school system is not adequately dealing with the needs of exceptional (special needs) students.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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The Fraser Institute
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April 01, 2004
Using Siblings to Investigate the Effects of Family Structure on Educational Attainment
This paper seeks to determine the extent to which family structure influences students' academic performance and educational choices.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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Institute for Research on Poverty
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September 01, 1997
Why Canadian Education Isn’t Improving.
This paper suggests that the Canadian education system is mediocre despite significant economic investment.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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The Fraser Institute
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September 2006
Immigrants’ Perspectives on their First Four Years in Canada
This study examines the perceptions immigrants have of their first four years in Canada.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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Statistics Canada
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April 2007
A Child’s Day: 2000 (Selected Indicators of Child Well-being)
This report examines the well-being of children and the influence of parental interaction, participation in extracurricular activities, academic achievement, and educational expectations.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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U.S. Census Bureau
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August 2003
School choice and Equality: Learning from Overseas Experience
This paper examines education policy in parts of Europe and North America, focusing on voucher systems, tax incentives, and independent school initiatives such as Free Schools and Charter Schools.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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Civitas
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December 2005
Extended Early Childhood Intervention and School Achievement: Age 13 Findings from the Chicago Longitudinal Study
This study measured the academic performance of a group of black, inner-city children who had participated in the Chicago Child-Parent Center and Expansion Program.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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Institute for Research on Poverty
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July 01, 1996
Closing the Reading Gap: First Year Findings from a Randomized Trial of Four Reading Interventions for Striving Readers
This large-scale, longitudinal study evaluated four elementary school level reading programs that aimed at increasing literacy proficiency.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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Corporation for the Advancement of Policy Evaluation
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February 2006
Improving Primary and Secondary Education on Reserves in Canada
This paper identifies the high secondary school incompletion rate among aboriginals and proposes a First Nations Education Act to improve education on reserves.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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Caledon Institute of Social Policy
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October 2006
Who Killed School Discipline?
This article examines parents’ concern over the lack of discipline in public schools.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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The Manhattan Institute
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Spring 2000
How Canadians Feel About the Education System
This survey shows Canadian attitudes toward the effectiveness of the school system.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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Leger Marketing
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September 2002
Educating Children in Foster Care
This paper explores the academic performance of children in foster care, and looks at various obstacles to their educational achievement, as well as possible causes for their poor educational outcomes.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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The National Conference of State Legislatures
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Dececmber 2003
Measuring up: The performance of Canada’s youth in reading, mathematics and science
This paper examines the academic achievement of Canadian youth in the later years of their schooling.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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Human Resources Development Canada, Statistics Canada, Council of Ministers of Education, Canada
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December 2001
The Effect of Family Income During Childhood on Later-Life Attainment: Evidence from Germany
This paper examines the effect of family income on the type of high school German children attend as a predictor of lifetime socio-economic attainment.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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Institute for the Study of Labor
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October 2002
Educational Production in East Asia: The Impact of Family Background and Schooling Policies on Student Performance
This paper examines the relative effects of educational policies and family background on the academic performance of students in five high-achieving countries in East Asia.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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Institute for the Study of Labor
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March 2003
How Equal Are Educational Opportunities? Family Background and Student Achievement in Europe and the United States
This paper examines educational equality and the effects of family background on students' educational performance in the United States and 17 Western European countries.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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Center for Economic Studies IFO
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March 2004
Pupil Achievement, School Resources and Family Background
While controlling for the potential effects of family background, this paper examines the effects of school resources, such as teacher qualifications and teacher hours per pupil, on secondary students' academic performance in Norway.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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Institute for the Study of Labor
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January 2005
School-Based Prevention Programs: Lessons for Child Victimization Prevention
This paper provides an overview of a wide variety of school-based prevention programs, and summarizes conclusions about these fields that could be of use in the development of effective child victimization prevention programs.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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Center for Research on Crimes Against Children
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1998
A League Table of Educational Disadvantage in Rich Nations
This report examines the effectiveness of public education systems across the developed world, and assesses the extent of educational disadvantage in industrialized nations.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre
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November 2002
The Educational Costs of Being Multiracial: Evidence from a National Survey of Adolescents
This paper uses data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent Health to assess racial differences in vocabulary scores, grade point averages and grade retention.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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Population Studies Center
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August 2002
Private School Universe Survey: 1999 to 2000
This report provides statistical information pertaining to private school characteristics, including school size, school level, religious orientation, location, community type and program focus.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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National Center for Education Statistics
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August 2001
High School and Beyond: 1992 Descriptive Summary of 1980 High School Sophomores 12 Years Later
Using data from 1992, this report provides information about the educational attainment, employment outcomes, voting behaviours, attitudes and family formation decisions of a sample of inviduals who had been sophomores in 1980.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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National Center for Education Statistics
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January 1995
Parent and Student Perceptions of the Learning Environment at School
This paper examines students' and parents' differing perspectives on the quality of students' school and learning environments.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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National Center for Education Statistics
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September 1993
Gangs and Victimization at School
This report looks at the relationship between the presence of gangs in schools and levels of student victimization and fear.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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National Center for Education Statistics
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July 1995
Student Victimization at School
This report provides information from a 1993 survey on the extent to which students in grades 6 to 12 had experienced, witnessed or worried about being victimized at school.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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National Center for Education Statistics
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October 1995
Children's Access to Computers in the Home and at School in 1999 and 2000
This report examines access to and use of computers in schools, homes, and classrooms by children in kindergarten and grade one.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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National Center for Education Statistics
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March 2003
Education in States and Nations: Indicators Comparing U.S. States with other Industrialized Countries in 1991
This report evaluated the condition of education in the United States by comparing it to a number of other countries on a series of indicators.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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National Center for Education Statistics
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July 1996
Projections of Education Statistics to 2013
This report provides projections to 2013 for elementary, high school and postsecondary enrollment, high school graduation, degree attainment, teachers, and public expenditures on education.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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National Center for Education Statistics
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October 2003
Public and Private Schools: How Do They Differ?
This paper examines the differences between public and private schools, including sources of financial support, teachers, students, organization, class size, academic programs, and school climate.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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National Center for Education Statistics
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January 1997
Homeschooling in the United States: 1999
This paper examines the prevalence of homeschooling in the United States in 1999, the characteristics of homeschooled students, and parents' reasons for homeschooling.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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National Center for Education Statistics
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July 2001
1.1 Million Homeschooled Students in the United States
This issue brief examines the prevalence of homeschooling in the United States and provides information about parents' motivation to homeschool.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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National Center for Education Statistics
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July 2004
Full-day and Half-day Kindergarten in the United States: Findings from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-1999
This report compares full-day and half-day kindergarten programs in the United States, describes the public and private schools that offer these programs, and looks at the children who attend them.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics
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June 2004
Promoting Safety in Schools: International Experience and Action
This report discusses safety concerns faced by schools around the world, and provides some examples of actions that are being taken by different countries to improve school safety.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance
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August 2001
The Urban Child in Peril: “Can Literacy Change the Outcome?
This presentation addresses the literacy crisis, and focuses on Pennsylvania's efforts in promoting literacy.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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The Manhattan Institute
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November 1, 1999
Race-Ethnicity, Social Background, and Grade Retention
This paper examines the practice of grade repetition in American schools.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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Center for Demography and Ecology
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July 2000
Still Struggling: An Update on Teenagers at Work
This report analyzes the falling youth employment rate in the 1990s.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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Canadian Council on Social Development
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March 2001
Kindergarten: An Overlooked Educational Policy Priority
This article discusses inter-state differences in policies and research relating to kindergarten and argues that it is necessary to obtain a better understanding of kindergarten as an important transitional year for children.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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Society for Research in Child Development
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2003
Can Education Compensate for Low Ability? Evidence from British Data
This study finds that the returns of education are greater for students with lower levels of ability than for those with high ability.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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The Institute for Fiscal Studies
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July 7, 2004
Readiness for School: A Survey of State Policies and Definitions
This study provides US data about determining school readiness in children.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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Early Childhood and Parenting (ECAP) Collaborative
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Fall 2000
Starting School: Effective Transitions
This article discusses the effective qualities of transition-to-school programs.
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Education > Educational Expectations
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Early Childhood and Parenting (ECAP) Collaborative
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Fall 2001
The Quality of Primary Education in South Africa
This paper discusses gains that have been made in educational investment and quality in South Africa since the fall of the Apartheid system.
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Education > Educational Expectations
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UNESCO Education for All Global Monitoring Report
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April 13, 2004
Successful Initiative for Educating At-Risk Students
This paper explores Houston's Community Education Partners program, which has proven to be a successful alternative method for dealing with disruptive and/or academically challenged grade nine students.
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Education > Educational Expectations
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Manhattan Institute for Policy Research
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January 11, 2000
Parental Strategies for Increasing Child Well-being: The Case of Elementary School Choice
This paper examines the extent to which parents of different backgrounds and socio-economic status are willing to expend time and money to obtain a particular public or private school for their child.
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Education > Educational Expectations
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Center for Working Families
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April 01, 1999
Parents’ Attitudes Toward Priorities in Child’s Education
This poll asked 1,000 parents what the priorities of education should be, what their perception was about the quality of their children’s education, and what their perception was of their involvement in their child’s education.
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Education > Educational Expectations
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Ipsos-Reid
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February 01, 2003
Early Learning and Care Survey Results: School Districts Find Innovative Ways to Expand Programs
This document describes ways in which schools in Washington state have developed their own early childhood education and care programs, and discusses the importance of providing funding for these initiatives.
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Education > Educational Expectations
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Economic Opportunity Institute
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August 01, 2003
Reinventing the Schoolroom: Education as Homecoming
This paper argues that the public school system has historically been anti-family, and asserts that true education is best carried out in families, neighbourhoods, and religious communities.
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Education > Educational Expectations
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Family Research Council
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May 14, 2003
Keeping Count and Losing Count: Calculating Graduation Rates for All Students under NCLB Accountability
This paper discusses the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, which states that schools should be accountable for the academic achievement of their students.
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Education > Educational Expectations
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The Urban Institute Education Policy Center
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June 01, 2003
Thinking Ahead: Trends Affecting Public Education in the Future
This paper outlines some of the main challenges that will affect the course of public education in the first two decades of the twenty-first century.
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Education > Educational Expectations
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Canadian Council on Social Development
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1999
Does the Wantedness of a Pregnancy Predict a Child's Educational Attainment?
This article examines the possibility of a correlation between a purposefully planned pregnancy and a child's educational attainment.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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Alan Guttmacher Institute
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June 01, 1995
From Home to School - How Canadian Children Cope: Initial Analyses Using Data from the Second Cycle of the School Component of the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth
This paper uses the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth to examine the impact of early childhood care, education, and literacy activities on children's performance in their early school years.
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Education > Educational Expectations
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Statistics Canada
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October 14, 1999
Readiness for Kindergarten: Parent and Teacher Beliefs
This issue brief compares the beliefs of parents to those of kindergarten teachers in regards to the importance of several indicators of behaviour and skill readiness for preschool age children.
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Education > Educational Expectations
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National Center for Education Statistics
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October 01, 1995
Chamberlain v. School District #36 (Surrey)
This Supreme Court decision reviews the legality of three books with homosexual content to be a part of the Surrey School District Curriculum.
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Category:
Education > Educational Expectations
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Canadian Legal Information Institute
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December 16, 1998
Playgrounds & Peanut Butter: Serious Childhood Risks?
This article discusses policies for child safety which some would consider unnecessary and poorly thought out.
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Education > Educational Expectations
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The Fraser Institute
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October 01, 2000
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