10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SCHOOL-LEAVING AGE»
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school-leaving age in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
school-leaving age and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
School Dropout and Completion: International Comparative ...
The school-leaving age has been raised in some Australian states. In South
Australia the school-leaving age was increased from 15 to 16 in 2003, and further
increased to 17 years of age from 2009. Similar changes have been made in ...
2
Official Year Book of the Commonwealth of Australia No. 37 - ...
In 1942 the school leaving age was increased to 16 years but was not to operate
till after the war. This provision was proclaimed to operate from 1st February,
1946. Legislation was passed in 1943 in Victoria and Western Australia
increasing ...
Austràlia. Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics, 1952
3
The Problems of Disadvantaged Youth: An Economic Perspective
The fraction of seventeen-year-olds in school does not spike up for youths in
states with a school leaving age of eighteen, as we might expect to see: 6.1
percent of seventeen-year-olds in states with a leaving age of eighteen have left,
...
4
British Unemployment 1919-1939: A Study in Public Policy
When parallel policies were pressed to eliminate surplus competition in the
labour market by raising the school-leaving age and by altering pension
provisions, in effect stemming the inflow of labour at both ends of the age span,
they too made ...
5
What's the Good of Education?: The Economics of Education in ...
5.3 STAYING ON AFTER THE COMPULSORY SCHOOL LEAVING AGE OF 16 It
is of particular importance to be able to explain the broad trends in the staying-
on rate graphed in Figure 5.1, with a view to assessing how these might evolve in
...
Stephen Machin, Anna Vignoles, 2005
6
In Defence of the Welfare State
Today, the school leaving age is sixteen and the majority of children over the age
of eleven are taught in comprehensives that aspire towards common, not
segregated, schooling — as a matter of public policy. Both the raising of the
school ...
7
The Changing Urban
School
Provision for raising to 16 “as soon as practicable” 1947* School leaving age
raised to 15 1959 Crowther report recommends raising to 16 1963 Newson
report recommends raising to 16 1964 Decision taken to raise age to 16 in 1971-
72 1968 ...
8
Living in Scotland: Social and Economic Change Since 1980
In the public schools, the main consequences of ending selection (and of raising
the school leaving age to 16 in 1973) were the reform of courses and certification
at age 16 to cater for a much wider range of ability than hitherto. This resulted in ...
Lindsay Paterson, Frank Bechhofer, David McCrone, 2004
9
Gender, Ethnicity and Employment: Non-English Speaking ...
Miller (1986b) used eight categories of educational attainment: “school leaving
age of 14 years or less”, “school leaving age of 15 years”, “school leaving age of
17 years”, “school leaving age of 18 years”, “school leaving age of 19 or more ...
Rowshan Ara Haque, M. Ohidul Haque, 2008
10
English Popular Education 1780-1975: Second Edition of ...
To start with pupils stay at school longer; the minimum school leaving age has
been raised first to fifteen years, and now to sixteen years, in each case after
much hesitation. But the minimum leaving age has become decreasingly relevant
...
7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SCHOOL-LEAVING AGE»
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school-leaving age is used in the context of the following news items.
Later school-leaving age cuts crime
Property crime by teenagers has plunged 19 per cent since NSW raised the school-leaving age from 15 to 17 five years ago. Teen vandalism and graffiti has ... «The Australian, Jun 15»
KSU gives 'thumbs up' to raising school-leaving age
In reference to claims made earlier this week by education minister Evarist Bartolo, whereby he proposed that that the school leaving age be raised from sixteen ... «MaltaToday, Jun 14»
Raising school-leaving age is good - University rector
On Thursday, Education Minister Evarist Bartolo said that Malta should start a discussion on whether the compulsory school-leaving age should be raised from ... «Times of Malta, Jun 14»
Compulsory school-leaving age raised in the UAE
DUBAI // Education experts have praised a move by the Government to raise the compulsory school-leaving age to 18, saying it will ensure a better prepared ... «The National, Jul 12»
Obama Wades Into Issue of Raising Dropout Age
“The evidence is quite robust that raising the school-leaving age increases educational attainment,” said Philip Oreopoulos, an economics professor at the ... «New York Times, Jan 12»
School-leaving age set to rise
School-leaving age set to rise. NDP government plans to make students stay in class until they're 18. By: Nick Martin Posted: 11/19/2010 1:00 AM | Comments:. «Winnipeg Free Press, Nov 10»
The issue - School-leaving age
In 1910, plans to raise the school-leaving age to 14 created a stir. Educationalists argued that children who left at 12 usually ended up in dead-end jobs, ... «Times Educational Supplement, Sep 10»
