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Direct linkMaguire, Sue – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2013
This paper considers the rationale for introducing the raising of the participation age (RPA) in learning in England from 2013 and assesses how, if fully implemented, it could contribute to improving the outcomes for young people who do not participate in any form of post-16 education, employment or training, and are currently defined as not in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Young Adults, Federal Legislation, Compulsory Education
Woodin, Tom; McCulloch, Gary; Cowan, Steven – British Educational Research Journal, 2013
The raising of the participation age (RPA) to 17 in 2013 and 18 in 2015 marks a historic expansion of compulsory education. Despite the tendency of New Labour governments to eschew historical understanding and explanation, RPA was conceived with the benefit of an analysis of previous attempts to extend compulsion in schooling. This paper assesses…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Compulsory Education
