A third of students say they don’t like school, and that dislike often begins around the time they enter high school. But the reasons they give point the way to solutions to this problem.
Dropping out of school has long term significant consequences for adolescent girls and young women.
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Many young women faced challenges with online learning and studying at home during COVID, but some showed resilience and a determination to achieve their educational goals.
Schools are wrestling with the consequences of long-term closures because of the pandemic.
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The ways in which school closings affect children are just beginning to be known, but early indications are they’re taking a negative toll on kids’ learning and overall well-being.
Disengagement from schooling puts students at a greater risk of permanently dropping out of school.
Despite the country’s political response to violence against women and girls, school-going girls struggle with male violence in and out of school.
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Pupils who are victimised at school tend to perform poorly academically, are regularly absent from school, suffer psychological trauma and may eventually drop out of school.
Zimbabwe’s amended education act seeks to protect, respect and fulfil the right to education for all children.
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Women who lived in more deprived neighbourhoods during the first 18 years of their lives were nearly 40% more likely to experience partner violence in early adulthood.
Career and technical education, or CTE, can boost the chances of high school graduation and lower the likelihood of dropping out, but timing is crucial, researchers argue.
To the taxpayer, each long-term early school leaver costs $335,000.
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While the media glamorizes famous college dropouts like Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates, the reality is that most successful people in the U.S. went to – and finished – college.
There are big problems in South Africa’s school systems. These aren’t often discussed when matric results are released.
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South Africa’s annual matric pass rate obscures important differences in provincial achievements, the rural and urban divide and the unequal outcomes for learners in poorer schools.
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A small minority of children with mental health issues is getting the help they need. School-based mental health is essential to keep students engaged.
How can we keep students engaged at school?
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Australian education fails one in four young people. It is time we started exploring why school is not working for increasing numbers of disadvantaged children.
Black students are more likely to get suspended for minor violations.
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Black students get suspended or expelled at a rate three times greater than white students. The cost: they fall behind in school, and the cycle of poverty and failure is perpetuated.