Social Forces, Social Justice, and School Attendance Problems in Youth

Kearney, Christopher A.; Childs, Joshua; Burke, Shadie

doi:10.1007/s40688-022-00425-5

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“…These SCE practices, greatly valued by drop-in students, urge us to further contemplate the design of education and to challenge the rigid, conventional organization of schooling such as grade-level or academic systems (Bowers, 2010;Kearney, 2019) and using academic tracking systems to divide student populations in education (Hanushek & Wossmann, 2006;Ogawa, 2023). Second-chance educational practices may hence inspire first-chance education schools to focus more on skills, knowledge, and attitudes needed and valued in adult life, such as proficiency in working with new and digital technologies, communicating in foreign languages, planning and problem-solving, and focusing on personal growth (Kearney et al, 2023;Kiprianos & Mpourgos, 2020). As such, the SCE-pedagogy aligns with pleas for 're-imagining schooling for education' (McGregor et al, 2017), where the focus is not on 'learning for school', but on 'learning for life' (Koludrović & Ercegovac, 2023;Lavrijsen & Nicaise, 2017).…”

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Supporting second chance education: Drop‐in students' views on educational barriers and needs to study

Van Den Berghe,

Naert,

Vandevelde

et al. 2024

Euro J of Education

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In many Western societies, earning a degree is considered an ultimate educational achievement. Second chance education (SCE) serves as a distinct pathway for those who have dropped out of school, allowing them to re‐enter the educational system. Understanding the specific obstacles and needs of students in SCE is crucial for providing better‐tailored support. However, limited knowledge exists about the challenges faced by students seeking to enrol in SCE. This qualitative study conducted in‐depth interviews with 28 drop‐in students (Mage = 30) to explore these barriers and needs. Identified barriers span institutional, situational, environmental, and life‐course levels. Primary needs centre around warm and accessible teachers, as well as flexible, student‐focused learning options. The results underscore the value and significance of second chance education as a unique pedagogical context for drop‐in students. It also emphasizes that the insights gained from SCE can inform improvements in regular, first‐chance education, serving diverse student populations. Lastly, SCE serves as a societal mirror, urging a re‐evaluation of the broader discourse in education. Overall, this study calls for more appreciation of SCE, acknowledging and recognizing its unique pedagogical context, dedicated teachers, and determined students.

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Supporting second chance education: Drop‐in students' views on educational barriers and needs to study

Van Den Berghe,

Naert,

Vandevelde

et al. 2024

Euro J of Education

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“…They are shaped by a broader set of forces and systems that define daily life, such as poverty, housing instability, limited access to healthcare, early childhood development, and considerations of social inclusion and non-discrimination. Notably, researchers have begun incorporating global social justice variables into models of school attendance and absenteeism, particularly in aspects related to migration, racial and income inequality, economic policies and opportunities, labor markets, violence, food insecurity, and healthcare Kearney et al, 2023). Embracing an interdisciplinary approach is crucial for identifying and addressing these underlying factors, as further discussed in the next paragraph.…”

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The Unlearning of School Attendance: Ideas for Change

2024

Frontiers Research Topics

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Frontiers is more than just an open access publisher of scholarly articles: it is a pioneering approach to the world of academia, radically improving the way scholarly research is managed. The grand vision of Frontiers is a world where all people have an equal opportunity to seek, share and generate knowledge. Frontiers provides immediate and permanent online open access to all its publications, but this alone is not enough to realize our grand goals. Frontiers journal seriesThe Frontiers journal series is a multi-tier and interdisciplinary set of openaccess, online journals, promising a paradigm shift from the current review, selection and dissemination processes in academic publishing. All Frontiers journals are driven by researchers for researchers; therefore, they constitute a service to the scholarly community. At the same time, the Frontiers journal series operates on a revolutionary invention, the tiered publishing system, initially addressing specific communities of scholars, and gradually climbing up to broader public understanding, thus serving the interests of the lay society, too. Dedication to qualityEach Frontiers article is a landmark of the highest quality, thanks to genuinely collaborative interactions between authors and review editors, who include some of the world's best academicians. Research must be certified by peers before entering a stream of knowledge that may eventually reach the public -and shape society; therefore, Frontiers only applies the most rigorous and unbiased reviews. Frontiers revolutionizes research publishing by freely delivering the most outstanding research, evaluated with no bias from both the academic and social point of view. By applying the most advanced information technologies, Frontiers is catapulting scholarly publishing into a new generation. What are Frontiers Research Topics?Frontiers Research Topics are very popular trademarks of the Frontiers journals series: they are collections of at least ten articles, all centered on a particular subject. With their unique mix of varied contributions from Original Research to Review Articles, Frontiers Research Topics unify the most influential researchers, the latest key findings and historical advances in a hot research area.

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“…Educational policies in this regard should thus ensure that stakeholders be trained about the proper use of attendance data, understand that early warning systems do not apply equally to all grades and student groups, that intersectionality (e.g. family income, student disability) must be closely considered when investigating key drivers of absenteeism, and that more flexibility is needed regarding the establishment of attendance standards for different student groups (Dougherty & Childs, 2019; Kearney et al, 2023). In addition, educational policy must recognize that variability within schools tends to be greater than between schools and use multiple measures (and not simply attendance) with respect to accountability efforts (Gee, 2019; Hough, 2019).…”

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Translating sophisticated data analytic strategies regarding school attendance and absenteeism into targeted educational policy

Kearney

Childs

2023

Improving Schools

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School attendance and absenteeism are critical targets of educational policies and practices that often depend heavily on aggregated attendance/absenteeism data. School attendance/absenteeism data in aggregated form, in addition to having suspect quality and utility, minimizes individual student variation, distorts detailed and multilevel modeling, and obscures underlying causes and disparities of absenteeism. Recent advances in data analytics/mining and modeling may assist researchers and other stakeholders by evaluating large-scale data sets in more targeted ways to identify key root causes and patterns of school absenteeism in a particular community, school, or group of students. This would allow for more accurate educational policies tailored to unique local conditions and student/family circumstances. This article provides a summary of recent algorithm- and model-based efforts in this regard. Algorithm-based efforts include classification and regression tree analysis, ensemble analysis, support vector machines, receiver operating characteristic analysis, and random forests. Model-based efforts include multilevel modeling, structural equation modeling, latent class analysis, and meta-analytic modeling. We then illustrate how these efforts can enhance a full and nuanced understanding of the root, interconnected causes of absenteeism, improve early warning systems, and assist multi-tiered systems of support interventions for absenteeism.

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Social Forces, Social Justice, and School Attendance Problems in Youth

Cited by 15 publications

References 147 publications

Supporting second chance education: Drop‐in students' views on educational barriers and needs to study

Supporting second chance education: Drop‐in students' views on educational barriers and needs to study

The Unlearning of School Attendance: Ideas for Change

Translating sophisticated data analytic strategies regarding school attendance and absenteeism into targeted educational policy

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