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Valenza, Marco; Dreesen, Thomas – UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti, 2022
Learning remains largely out of reach for many of the most vulnerable children around the world. In low- and middle-income countries, an estimated 56% of children cannot read a simple text by the age of 10. This share is projected to rise to 70% after the pandemic. The school closures imposed by the COVID-19 outbreak, coupled with an enduring…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Economically Disadvantaged, Access to Education, Low Income Groups
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Okey, Ted N.; Cusick, Philip A. – Educational Administration Quarterly, 1995
Describes perspectives of several families whose children dropped out of school. Audiotaped interviews with 3 or more members of 12 families reveal hostile views toward schooling and a 2-generation history of poor academic performance. School was a series of academic failures, conflicts, disciplinary hearings, suspensions, and expulsions. Dropping…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Behavior Problems, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropouts