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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 Involvement
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Ipsos-Reid
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April 01, 2003
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 Involvement
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The Heritage Foundation
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June 5, 2007
Canadian Nine-Year Olds at School
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Category:
Education > Educational Involvement
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Statistics Canada
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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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Category:
Education > Educational Involvement
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C.D. Howe Institute
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October 2009
The Financial Impact of Student Loans
With increasing postsecondary education costs, more students are relying on student loans to help finance their postsecondary education.
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Category:
Education > Educational Involvement
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Statistics Canada
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January 2010
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 Involvement
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Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto
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April 01, 2003
Family Literacy Programs: Who Benefits?
This article summarizes key statistics from other research on the benefits of family literacy programs including the benefits to children, parents, families and society.
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Category:
Education > Educational Involvement
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Ohio Literacy Resource Center, Kent State University
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April 2003
Father's Role in Children's Academic Achievement and Early Literacy
This article highlights the importance of father involvement in early literacy development.
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Category:
Education > Educational Involvement
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ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education
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November 2003
Substance Abuse and Learning Disabilities: Peas in a Pod or Apples and Oranges?
This paper demonstrates that a variety of factors place children with learning disabilities at greater risk of substance abuse later in life, and argues that early intervention is necessary in order to reduce this risk.
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Category:
Education > Educational Involvement
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National Center for Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University
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September 01, 2000
The Effects of Family Characteristics and Time Use on Teenage Girls' and Boys' Household Labor
This paper looks at gender differences in teenagers' contributions to household chores, and examines how this inequality grows throughout the high school grades.
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Category:
Education > Educational Involvement
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Center for Research on Child Wellbeing
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1998
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 Involvement
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Canadian Council on Learning
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February 2009
Vulnerable Youth: Identifying Their Need for Alternative Educational Settings
This paper examines disconnected and at-risk youth and whether their needs could be better met in an alternative educational setting.
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Category:
Education > Educational Involvement
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Urban Institute, Washington, DC
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June 2003
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 Involvement
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Statistics Canada
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November 2007
Depression, Substance Abuse and College Student Engagement: A Review of the Literature
This paper discusses the role of engaged learning in the prevention of substance use and abuse, and depression.
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Category:
Education > Educational Involvement
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National Centre on Addiction and Substance Abuse
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November 01, 2003
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 Involvement
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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 Involvement
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University of Cambridge Faculty of Education
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October 2007
Early Offending: Understanding the Risk and Protective Factors of Delinquency
This study looks at violence and property offence among 12- and 13-year-old boys.
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Category:
Education > Educational Involvement
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Human Resources Development Canada
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2000
Competent Children at 10: Families, Early Education, and Schools
This report is part of a longitudinal study into the roles of the home and education in the development of children's competencies from age five until they leave school.
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Category:
Education > Educational Involvement
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New Zealand Council for Educational Research
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October 10, 2001
Sports, the Arts and Community Programs: Rates and Correlates of Participation
Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY), this paper addresses whether participation in sports, arts and community programs is linked to better psychosocial adjustment in children, and whether the rates of participation can be based on socio-demographic variables.
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Category:
Education > Educational Involvement
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Human Resources Development Canada
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October 01, 1998
Canadians and Back to School
This survey shows Canadian attitudes toward the effectiveness of the school system.
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Category:
Education > Educational Involvement
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Leger Marketing
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August 01, 2003
Parents' Involvement in their Children’s Learning and Schools
This paper reviews policies and practices concerning parental involvement in education in the UK.
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Category:
Education > Educational Involvement
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National Family and Parenting Institute
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January 2006
Helping Your Child Become a Reader
This paper provides age-appropriate strategies for developing childrens' skills and interest in reading.
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Category:
Education > Educational Involvement
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U.S. Department of Education, Washington, D.C.
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2005
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 Involvement
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The Fraser Institute
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February 01, 2004
The Family: America’s Smallest Schools
This report suggests that early home experiences influence early school achievement.
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Category:
Education > Educational Involvement
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Educational Testing Service, Policy Information Center
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September 2007
Home Schooling: From the Extreme to the Mainstream 2nd edition
This paper examines home schooling in Canada, defining what it is and who chooses to educate at home.
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Category:
Education > Educational Involvement
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Fraser Institute
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October 2007
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 Involvement
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Child Trends
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June 2007
At a Crossroads First Results for the 18 to 20-year-old Cohort of the Youth in Transition Survey
This paper assesses how the future of Canada is dependent on the current education and employment quality of today's youth.
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Category:
Education > Educational Involvement
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Human Resources Development Canada
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January 01, 2002
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 Involvement
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Child Trends
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December 2001
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 Involvement
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Institute for Research on Poverty
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August 01, 1998
If You Build It, They Will Come: The Impact Of New Universities On Local Youth
This literature review explores research on students’ university attendance and finds that students who grow up closer to a university are more likely to attend.
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Category:
Education > Educational Involvement
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Statistics Canada
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February 2007
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 Involvement
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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 Involvement
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Institute for Research on Poverty
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July 01, 1996
Who Killed School Discipline?
This article examines parents’ concern over the lack of discipline in public schools.
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Category:
Education > Educational Involvement
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The Manhattan Institute
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Spring 2000
The Well-being of Canada’s Young Adults in 2000: A Fact Book and Preliminary Analysis
This paper examines the overall well-being of young Canadians (age 15-34).
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Category:
Education > Educational Involvement
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Christian Commitment Research Institute
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June 2003
Supporting Vulnerable Learners in the Primary Grades: Strategies to Prevent Early School Failure
This article discusses strategies for helping children who are vulnerable to school failure.
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Category:
Education > Educational Involvement
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Early Childhood and Parenting (ECAP) Collaborative
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Fall 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 Involvement
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Human Resources Development Canada, Statistics Canada, Council of Ministers of Education, Canada
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December 2001
Maternal Employment, Migration, and Child Development
This article evaluates the roles and relationships between parental and school influences on child development.
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Category:
Education > Educational Involvement
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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November 2003
Competent Children at 12: A Report to the Ministry of Education
This report is part of a longitudinal study into the roles of the home and education in the development of children's competencies from age five until they leave school.
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Category:
Education > Educational Involvement
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New Zealand Council for Educational Research
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2004
Measuring Teachers' Perceived Interactions with Children: A Tool for Assessing Beliefs and Intentions
This article discusses a study about teachers' beliefs and intentions about the significance of teacher-child interactions.
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Category:
Education > Educational Involvement
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Early Childhood and Parenting (ECAP) Collaborative
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Fall 2004
Parent Involvement in Children's Education: Efforts by Public Elementary Schools
This report looks at the extent to which schools involve parents in school communication, sponsor activities, volunteer positions and decision-making.
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Category:
Education > Educational Involvement
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National Center for Education Statistics
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January 1998
Parents and Schools: Partners in Student Learning
This report provides information about activities sponsored by public elementary schools to promote and encourage parental involvement in children's education.
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Category:
Education > Educational Involvement
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National Center for Education Statistics
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October 1996
Parents' Reports of School Practices to Involve Families
This report provides information about parents' perceptions of school efforts to involve them in their children's education, and examines the extent to which parents are involved with their children's schools as a result of these efforts.
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Category:
Education > Educational Involvement
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National Center for Education Statistics
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October 1996
Fathers' Involvement in Their Children's Schools
This paper examines the extent to which resident and nonresident fathers are involved in their children's education, and the impact their involvement has on children's academic achievement.
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Category:
Education > Educational Involvement
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National Center for Education Statistics
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October 1997
Factors Associated With Fathers' and Mothers' Involvement in Their Children's Schools
This issue brief provides information about the number of parents who have low, moderate and high levels of involvement in their children's education, with results categorized according to grade level, parental education, and family income.
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Category:
Education > Educational Involvement
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National Center for Educational Statistics
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April 1998
Students Do Better When Their Fathers Are Involved at School
This issue brief demonstrates that, both in two-parent and single parent families, children are more likely to experience academic success, participate in extracurricular activities, and enjoy school if their father is highly involved with their school.
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Category:
Education > Educational Involvement
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National Center for Education Statistics
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April 1998
How Involved are Fathers in their Children's Schools?
This issue brief looks at the nature, extent and effect of fathers' involvement in their children's education.
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Category:
Education > Educational Involvement
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National Center for Education Statistics
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April 1998
Nonresident Fathers Can Make a Difference in Children's School Performance
This issue brief shows that when nonresident fathers are highly involved with their children's schools, children are less likely to have to repeat a grade or to be suspended or expelled.
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Category:
Education > Educational Involvement
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National Center for Education Statistics
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June 1998
Efforts by Public K–8 Schools to Involve Parents in Children’s Education: Do School and Parent Reports Agree?
This report looks at whether or not parents and teachers have similar perceptions of the extent to which schools try to involve parents in their children's education.
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Category:
Education > Educational Involvement
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National Center for Education Statistics
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September 2001
Family-Child Engagement in Literacy Activities: Changes in Participation Between 1991 and 1993
Using data from the 1991 and 1993 National Household Education Surveys, this paper discusses the effectiveness and value of various literacy activities that prekindergarten children engage in with their parents.
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Category:
Education > Educational Involvement
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National Center for Education Statistics
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December 1994
National Household Education Survey: Fathers' and Mothers' Involvement in Their Children's Schools by Family Type and Resident Status
This paper explores the level of parental involvement in their child's school and education, and examines the impact of this involvement on the child's academic outcomes.
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Category:
Education > Educational Involvement
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National Center for Education Statistics
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May 2001
The Educational Progress of Women
This report compares men and women in terms of school progress, academic performance, willingness to learn, parental involvement in education, enrollment in and completion of postsecondary studies, and employment outcomes.
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Category:
Education > Educational Involvement
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National Center for Education Statistics
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November 1995
Reading- Young Student's Achievement and Classroom Experiences
This paper evaluates American children's literacy skills from prior to entering kindergarten through to grade five.
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Category:
Education > Educational Involvement
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National Center for Education Statistics
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July 2004
Youth Unemployment: Aggregate Incidence and Consequences for Individuals
This paper gives a description and explanation of the trends and patterns in, and consequences of, youth unemployment in Australia.
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Category:
Education > Educational Involvement
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Centre for Economic Policy Research
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December 2002
Competent Children at 6: Families, Early Education, and Schools
This report is part of a longitudinal study into the roles of the home and education in the development of children's competencies from age five until they leave school.
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Category:
Education > Educational Involvement
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New Zealand Council for Educational Resources
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1998
Competent Children at 8: Families, Early Education, and Schools
This report is part of a longitudinal study into the roles of the home and education in the development of children's competencies from age five until they leave school.
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Category:
Education > Educational Involvement
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New Zealand Council for Educational Research
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1999
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 Involvement
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The Manhattan Institute
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November 1, 1999
Indicators of Child, Family and Community Connections
This report provides statistical information on the characteristics and well-being of families.
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Category:
Education > Educational Involvement
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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September 13, 2004
Starting School: Effective Transitions
This article discusses the effective qualities of transition-to-school programs.
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Category:
Education > Educational Involvement
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Early Childhood and Parenting (ECAP) Collaborative
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Fall 2001
Indicators of Child, Family, and Community Connections
This chartbook uses existing data to present information relating to the social contexts of families and includes indicators relating to family structure, family functioning, work and child care, school involvement, civic engagement, religious committment, and social connections.
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Category:
Education > Educational Involvement
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Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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September 13, 2004
Engagement and Dropping Out of School: A Life-Course Perspective
In an effort to better estimate why individuals drop out of high school prior to graduating, ...
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Category:
Education > Educational Involvement
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Human Resources Development Canada
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February 01, 2001
Access to Post-Secondary Education: Facts and Gaps - Conference Report
This paper discusses the role that education can play in improving Canada's level of competency in the global economy.
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Category:
Education > Educational Involvement
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Canadian Policy Research Networks
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September 27, 2002
Aboriginal Children in Poverty in Urban Communities: Social exclusion and the growing racialization of poverty in Canada
This document highlights the problem of disproportionate Aboriginal poverty in Canada and argues that Canadian poverty is increasingly a racial problem.
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Category:
Education > Educational Involvement
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Canadian Council on Social Development
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March 01, 2003
Education and the Public Good
This paper assesses the relationship between education and social progress by looking at the state of the economy, the government, business, and moral democracy.
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Category:
Education > Educational Involvement
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Caledon Institute of Social Policy
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April 01, 2000
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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Category:
Education > Educational Involvement
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Ipsos-Reid
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February 01, 2003
Home-Schoolers Turn to Public Schools for Support: Families Split on Extracurricular Participation
This brief article discusses the existing problems, challenges, and benefits of the recent use of public school extracurricular activites to supplement the educational experiences of homeschooling children.
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Category:
Education > Educational Involvement
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Mackinac Center for Public Policy
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September 21, 2001
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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Category:
Education > Educational Involvement
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Family Research Council
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May 14, 2003
A Better Kind of High: How Religious Commitment Reduces Drug Use Among Poor Urban Teens
This paper presents the role of religious commitment in combating the growing drug use of teenagers, and focuses on developing the moral and spiritual character of the child as oppose to economic and housing needs.
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Category:
Education > Educational Involvement
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Center for Research on Religion and Urban Civil Society
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July 30, 2000
Academic Performance and Youth Substance Abuse
This paper shows that smoking, heavy drinking, and illegal drug use are associated with poor academic performance among youths.
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Category:
Education > Educational Involvement
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Office of Applied Studies: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
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September 06, 2002
How American Children Spend Their Time
This paper looks at the allocation of American children's time, what affects how they spend their time, and how their use of time impacts their behaviour and academic performance and achievement.
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Category:
Education > Educational Involvement
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Center for the Ethnography of Everday Life
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April 17, 2000
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 Involvement
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Alan Guttmacher Institute
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June 01, 1995
Working Smarter: Education and Productivity
This article suggests that while the current policy on education is fair, it questions whether the education system is achieving its full potential.
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Category:
Education > Educational Involvement
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University of Connecticut Department of Economics
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2002
The Transition to Kindergarten: A Review of Current Research and Promising Practices to Involve Families
This paper discusses the success with which children 'transition' into kindergarten, and provides an overview of research on the importance of a child's proper adjustment to the school setting.
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Category:
Education > Educational Involvement
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Harvard Family Research Project
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April 01, 2002
Parents in Action for Education, Montreal
This study is based on a Montreal project among three inner-city schools and examines how parental and community involvement can strengthen education for children.
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Category:
Education > Educational Involvement
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Caledon Institute of Social Policy
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January 01, 2001
The Well-Being of Children Involved With the Child Welfare System: A National Overview
This paper looks at the child welfare system and evaluates its impact on children's health, behaviour, school involvement, academic achievement, and emotional well-being.
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Category:
Education > Educational Involvement
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The Urban Institute
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January 01, 2002
Focus on the Wonder Years: Challenges Facing the American Middle School
This book looks at the academic achievement of American middle school students and examines factors influencing their educational performance, such as the quality and training of teachers and principals, levels of parental involvement, peer relationships, and their social and emotional well-being.
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Category:
Education > Educational Involvement
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RAND Corporation
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2004
School Experiences and Substance Use Among Youths
This paper provides statistics on drug and alcohol use among youth, and shows that rates of substance abuse are lower among youth who demonstrate positive attitudes towards school than among those with negative attitudes.
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Category:
Education > Educational Involvement
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Office of Applied Studies: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
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July 04, 2003
Studying Parental Involvement in School-Based Sex Education: Lessons Learned
This article presents the results of an initiative that sought to increase parental involvement in the sex education of their children.
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Category:
Education > Educational Involvement
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The Alan Guttmacher Institute
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June 01, 1998
The Roles of Schooling and Educational Qualifications in the Emergence of Adult Social Exclusion
This paper looks at the impact of educational qualifications and academic achievement on adult oucomes.
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Category:
Education > Educational Involvement
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Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion
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December 01, 2000
Families and Schools Together Canada
This article illustrates the social success of children as a result of a comprehensive partnership between families, schools and community workers.
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Category:
Education > Educational Involvement
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Caledon Institute of Social Policy
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May 01, 2002
Child Care by Default or Design? An exploration of differences between non-profit and for-profit Canadian child care centres using the You Bet I Care! data sets
This study explores the issue of the operation of child care programs, and considers the pros and cons in giving the public the operational responsibilities over child care.
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Category:
Education > Educational Involvement
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Childcare Resource and Research Unit, University of Toronto
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October 01, 2002
Providing the quality university education our students deserve
This article responds to the projected forecast of a drastic increase in university enrolment and presents the challenges of this increase, as well as the government's readiness for the situation.
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Category:
Education > Educational Involvement
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Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
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2003
Home Literacy Activities and Signs of Children’s Emerging Literacy, 1993 and 1999
This paper discusses the importance of parental involvement in children's learning, and looks specifically at the effect of family participation in literacy education.
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Category:
Education > Educational Involvement
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National Centre for Education Statistics
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November 01, 1999
Reasons Why Women Have Induced Abortions: Evidence from 27 Countries
This article examines some of the reasons women explain and justify having an abortion.
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Category:
Education > Educational Involvement
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The Alan Guttmacher Institute
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August 01, 1998
Policy Research Issues for Canadian Youth: Transition Experiences of Young Women
The purpose of this paper is to provide a comprehensive review of the literature on the
transitional experiences of young women.
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Category:
Education > Educational Involvement
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Human Resources Development Canada
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April 01, 2002
Educating America's Youth: What Makes a Difference
This paper discusses personal, family, school, community, and peer factors that affect young people's educational attainment, achievement, and adjustment.
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Category:
Education > Educational Involvement
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Child Trends
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August 01, 2002
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