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TITLE OF THE PUBLICATION:

Pointers for policy and practice

SURNAME AND NAME OF AUTHOR(S):

Janet Taylor

PUBLISHER:

Brotherhood of St Laurence 67 Brunswick Street

PLACE AND DATE OF PUBLICATION:

St. Luarence (AU) 2009

TYPE OF PUBLICATION:

book

LANGUAGE/S OF PUBLICATION:

english

LANGUAGE OF REVIEW:

English

DESCRIPTION OF CONTENTS:

Early school leaving – leaving school before completing Year 12 – is often seen as a problem both by policy makers and by parents, although it was the norm a couple of generations ago. For early school leavers, the pathways to further training and employment can be diverse, and for some difficult, with few full-time jobs available for young workers. School completion is viewed as a major policy objective in Australia, with considerable emphasis at both federal and state government level on increasing school retention rates. The stories of eight young people who left school early illustrate some of the policy issues for te school to work transition. These issues include measures to improve school retention, youth income support and associated mutual obligation, provision of training and employment, and assistance in access to these.
Eight young people who left school between the ages of 14 and 16 were interviewed about their experiences when they were aged 17.The eight included three girls and five boys, seven living in Melbourne and one interstate. They came from a variety of family backgrounds, some, but not all, quite disadvantaged. Some, but not all, had longstanding learning difficulties.

COMMENTS ON THIS PUBLICATION:

The study is articulated into two parts: the first one deals with what can be learned from the different stories, the second one analyses in depth the single individual stories of the eight early school leavers, with a detailed, accurate report of the different steps in each personal story

WHERE TO FIND IT:

www.bsl.org.au

NAME OF COMPILER:

Mauro di Grazia

NAME OF INSTITUTION:

CIPAT

ROLE:

director and coordinator



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Stay@School at the Future of Education Conference

The Stay@School projet will be presented at the third edition of the “Future of Education” international conference, held in Florence, Italy, on 13 - 14 June 2013. Over 250 participants from all over the world will attend the conference. The conference participants belong to the sectors of higher education, school education, vocational education and training as well as adult education, therefore representing all of the target groups of the Stay@School project.

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