This study examined the effect of a staff-mentoring program with students identified as at-risk of becoming early leavers. This mentoring program, Caring About Kids Effectively (CAKE), was implemented at a suburban secondary school in Oregon serving grades 9 through 12. The study of the CAKE program had four research components: (a) indicators of school success (GPA, attendance, and attitudes toward school) were compared between at-risk students and those not at-risk; (b) indicators of school success were analyzed over the time at-risk students were mentored to find any significant change; (c) indicators of school success and enrollment status at graduation was compared between students at-risk, with and without mentors; and (d) participants' perceptions of the mentoring program, using a researcher-constructed questionnaire given to mentees and mentors to determine activities that were successful and those which needed reevaluation. Using analysis of covariance, the findings showed: (a) a significant difference (p < .05) in attitudes, GPA, and attendance at the beginning of the study between two groups of students identified as at-risk and not at-risk; (b) a significant difference (p< .05) in attitude toward school at the end of Year 1 between those students at-risk with mentors scoring higher than at-risk without mentors and not at-risk students; (c) GPA and attendance declined for at-risk students, with or without mentors, although at-risk students with a mentor seemed to lessen the decline; and (d) no significant differences (E< .05) in GPA and attendance between at-risk with or without mentors, although more at-risk students with mentors continued in school or received GEDs after four years. Finally, students and staff agreed (75%) that they were “satisfied” that the mentor program helped at-risk students develop positive attitudes toward school; however, only half were satisfied concerning their participation, and felt that administrative support and time available to meet with students were crucial to the success of a mentor program. Based upon these findings, it was concluded that the CAKE staff-mentoring program had a positive influence on attitude toward school and retention of at-risk students.

[pt] Este estudo parte da hipótese de que alunos que recebem apoio da Bolsa Escola para freqüentar e permanecer na escola têm maiores oportunidades de aprendizagem e de envolvimento nas atividades escolares, o que poderia ter reflexos positivos em fatores de fluxo escolar, como a reprovação e o abandono, que interferem na aprendizagem e no aproveitamento escolar dos alunos. Com essa hipótese em mente, realizamos um survey em escolas municipais de São Gonçalo-RJ, com o objetivo de produzir dados e análises sobre aspectos do fluxo escolar e do aproveitamento dos beneficiários da Bolsa Escola em contraste com seus colegas Não-Bolsistas e com resultados nacionais obtidos a partir do SAEB 2003. / [en] This public initiative as well as its data, this study is based on the fact that the students who are supported by Bolsa Escola have the necessary means to attend school regularly and to avoid quitting school. When it is accomplished, they have better chances to learn and to get involved with school activities, leading to positive outcomes in school attendance obstacles, such as failing and quitting school. These elements do interfere with students learning and grades. Therefore, we carried out a survey in municipal schools located in São Gonçalo, Rio de Janeiro, aiming to have data and accurate analysis of school attendance and learning of students supported by Bolsa Escola. Right after that, we can have a comparison with their classmates who do are not supported by this federal program. We can also compare the data collected with the results gathered from SAEB 2003.

Submitted by Marco Antonio Pepe (marco.pepe@gvmail.br) on 2017-05-26T04:33:45Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Passe_Livre_Estudantil_Pepe.pdf: 402294 bytes, checksum: 57d034dff614ac46e86a3e06e9296732 (MD5) / Rejected by Pamela Beltran Tonsa (pamela.tonsa@fgv.br), reason: Bom dia Marco, Por favor verificar o e-mail que lhe mandei com o modelo. Da forma que o trabalho aqui foi submetido, não será possivel aprovar. Qualquer duvida estamos a disposição. Att, Pâmela Tonsa on 2017-05-26T11:47:17Z (GMT) / Submitted by Marco Antonio Pepe (marco.pepe@gvmail.br) on 2017-05-26T17:21:50Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Passe_Livre_Estudantil_Pepe.pdf: 402294 bytes, checksum: 57d034dff614ac46e86a3e06e9296732 (MD5) / Rejected by Pamela Beltran Tonsa (pamela.tonsa@fgv.br), reason: Boa tarde. Marco, Por favor verificar o e-mail que acabei de lhe enviar.. ( modelo ) Sem as alterações, não poderei aceitar. Lembrando que seu prazo esta expirando. Qualquer duvida estamos a disposição, Att, Pâmela Tonsa on 2017-05-26T17:33:16Z (GMT) / Submitted by Marco Antonio Pepe (marco.pepe@gvmail.br) on 2017-05-26T19:14:46Z No. of bitstreams: 1 PEPE_passe_livre_estudantil.pdf: 966081 bytes, checksum: 4317c08616c9751a65a26993a5f35a2d (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Pamela Beltran Tonsa (pamela.tonsa@fgv.br) on 2017-05-26T19:16:50Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 PEPE_passe_livre_estudantil.pdf: 966081 bytes, checksum: 4317c08616c9751a65a26993a5f35a2d (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-05-26T19:29:37Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 PEPE_passe_livre_estudantil.pdf: 966081 bytes, checksum: 4317c08616c9751a65a26993a5f35a2d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-04-22 / Como efeito da universalização do ensino fundamental pós 1988, o Brasil deve ter acesso à educação garantido às crianças situadas no coorte etário adequado à série. No entanto, supor que o acesso à educação é problema já resolvido pode acabar por desconsiderar importantes obstáculos impostos ao estrato menos favorecido da população. E dentre eles, o alto custo do transporte público. Por esse motivo foi criado o programa Passe Livre Estudantil, com vistas a reduzir os índices de absenteísmo dentre os alunos de famílias de mais baixa renda. Resultados apurados por meio da aplicação de modelos de regressão múltipla e descontinuada, porém, mostram que a política não tem efeitos significantes na melhoria da frequência escolar. Entretanto, há resultados positivos associados à assimetria informacional, como a busca de escolas de melhor IDEB e a possibilidade de utilização de modais adequados ao trajeto do estudante. Para perseguir o objetivo prioritário da política, de redução do absenteísmo, proposições mais efetivas, como a alocação de mais recursos nas escolas situadas em áreas mais periféricas, o preenchimento das lacunas de cadastro em programas de transferência condicionada de renda como o Bolsa Família ou ainda o incremento dos valores pagos pelo programa às famílias, podem constituir-se como mecanismos eficazes no suprimento de necessidades mais prioritárias e dos custos referentes ao transporte, mais relevante para os estratos mais pobres. / As a result of the universalization of the middle school post 1988, Brazil’s due to guarantee access to education for every child ranging from age 6 to 14 years. However, the assumption that access to education is a done issue is likely to overlook important obstacles placed before the least favored stratum of the population; among these, the high cost of public transportation. For this reason, the Passe Livre Estudantil (Student Free-Pass) was created, set to reduce absenteeism rates among students of lower income families. Yet, results obtained by means of multiple and discontinuity design regression models indicate the policy has no significant effects towards attendance increase. Withal, there are positive results associated to information asymmetry, exemplified by the search of schools with higher IDEB (Basic Education Development Index) and the possibility of adoption of adequate transport modals to students’ route. To pursue the policy’s primary goal, the reduction of absenteeism, more effective propositions, such as the provision of additional resources to schools in vulnerable areas, the improvement of the register to conditional cash transfer policies, like Bolsa Família (Family Allowance), or even an increase to the endowments conceded to families, could represent more efficient mechanisms of relief to the primary needs and main costs with regards to transportation, even more relevant to those in the poorer stratums.

This study examined the prevalence and the nature of truancy among early adolescent learners attending secondary schools in the Education Management and Development Centre (EMDC) in the eastern metropole of the Western Cape. The main purpose of the study was to answer the following question: How can secondary school educators, in loco parentis, be equipped with the required skills and resources in order to deal with the issue of truant behaviour among early adolescent learners? A comprehensive literature review was conducted to explore the character and extent of truancy. Thereafter, various theories of child development were highlighted, followed by a synopsis comprising different dimensions of the development of the early adolescent learner. The empirical investigation was carried out through quantitative as well as qualitative research methodology. A focus group interview was conducted with six learners, offering them an opportunity to express their perceptions and experiences as truants. Interviews were conducted with principals to obtain their impressions regarding truant behaviour. Thereafter, a questionnaire, which investigated truancy related aspects such as interaction with peers, parents and caregivers' involvement in learners' school activities, educators' influence on learners' school work and learners' self-esteem regarding their schooling, was administered to three hundred learners. The quantitative investigation revealed significant aspects about truant behaviour, indicating that predominantly more male than female learners (173 male and 26 as in the case of the present study) display this type of behaviour, truants generally originate from single parent families, and that they experience their educators and learning environments as extremely negative. Finally, two in-depth case studies were conducted on two learners, one identified as a truant and the other as a non-truant respectively. The purpose of the in-depth studies was to explore possible differences in their experiential worlds. Although the qualitative data is not generalisable, the findings of the case studies have revealed significant differences in the life worlds of the two learners. Comparatively speaking, it appears that non-truant learners are significantly better adjusted on all their functioning levels than truant learners. The results of the empirical investigation were compared with relevant findings which emerged from the literature study. Based on the present investigation, the study was concluded by offering a range of recommendations to secondary school educators, in loco parentis, empowering them in addressing the phenomenon of truancy among early adolescent learners in the Western Cape with its distinctive problems. / Educational Studies / D. Ed.(Psychology of Education)

The new democratic government in South Africa introduced an education system that focused on quality and equality for all. The introduction of the new education system intended to remove inequality in the schooling system. The new education system was been accomplished through phasing out school fees and introducing a no-fee school policy. The aim of the no-fee school policy was to redress the imbalances of the past and to attract the poor and orphans to access education without paying mandatory fees (Wilderman, 2009:32). The no-fee policy came with interesting ideas for relieving pressure on both parents and learners. It attracted many learners who had dropped out of school in many years. This led to a dramatic increase of enrolment in no-fee schools. However, Borkum (2009:1) sees the disadvantages of the increased enrolment as overcrowding that reduces the quality of education, increases lawlessness in schools, and insufficient resources such as textbooks. The major challenges faced by these schools is the delay in releasing provincial funds, inadequate state funding, and loss of income from school funding. These make no-fee schools vulnerable, affecting quality of education and influences on the enrolment pattern of learners (Nsapato, 2007:2). Against this background, the study aimed to investigate factors influencing poor enrolment in a no-fee school in the foundation phase and to suggest strategies that could be used to overcome these challenges. The study adopted a qualitative research method and its design was a case study. Four educators were purposeful selected on the basis of three years teaching experience in a no-fee school in the foundation phase. Data collection strategies were semi-structured interviews and document analysis. Data analysis was done according to a systematic process of coding and categorising. Gathered data was categorised into constituent parts for coding purposes. Ethical issues considered were the following: permission to conduct the study, informed consent, confidentiality, and anonymity. Participants’ confidentiality and anonymity were maintained by using pseudonyms in the report. The voluntary nature of participation and the absence of punishment for withdrawal from the study were emphasised prior to commencement of the semi-structured interviews. The issue of trustworthiness in this study was considered through the following: credibility, transferability, dependability and confirmability. The data analysis from semi-structured interview revealed the following: the no-fee school policy has a negative impact on parents because parents were no longer involved themselves in the education of their children. The overburdened infrastructure has a negative effect on quality of education and the enrolment status, deterioration of quality of education in no-fee schools force parents to withdraw their children and register them to better schools, cooperation amongst stakeholders is necessary for the improvement of quality of education, teachers’ remuneration should also be improved and the maintenance of professionalism through discipline. Findings from document analysis revealed that poor enrolment in no fee school was caused by high rate of absenteeism in all registers. This compelled educators to withdrew learners’ from class registers hence poor enrolment figures in no fee schools. Staff meeting minutes revealed that enrolment of learners in no-fee schools could be improved through improvement of teaching and learning and the provision of adequate infrastructure and the reinforcement of the no-fee school policy packages such as the National School Nutrition Program in order to attract more vulnerable learners to these schools. Based on the findings, the following strategies are recommended for improving poor enrolment in no-fee schools: strengthening collaboration amongst the stakeholders in education; maintenance of discipline; enforcement of professionalism among teachers; continuous training of all stakeholders; and punctual disbursement of funds to no-fee schools. / Educational Leadership and Management / M. Ed. (Education Management)

RODRIGUES, S. N. Avaliação da acessibilidade e do atendimento espacial das escolas públicas em área urbana – Estudo de caso na cidade de Fortaleza. 2010. 137f. Dissertação (Mestrado em Avaliação de Políticas Públicas) – Universidade Federal do Ceará, Pró - Reitoria de Pesquisa e Pós-Graduação, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Avaliação de Políticas Públicas, Fortaleza-CE, 2010. / Submitted by Ana Paula Paula (mappufce@gmail.com) on 2012-05-11T19:13:26Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2009_Dis_SueliNRODRIGUES.pdf: 11425425 bytes, checksum: be4764a56d53534aae7af504d13b9dc1 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Maria Josineide Góis(josineide@ufc.br) on 2012-06-15T16:53:28Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 2009_Dis_SueliNRODRIGUES.pdf: 11425425 bytes, checksum: be4764a56d53534aae7af504d13b9dc1 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2012-06-15T16:53:28Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2009_Dis_SueliNRODRIGUES.pdf: 11425425 bytes, checksum: be4764a56d53534aae7af504d13b9dc1 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010 / The expansion of public education implemented by the educational policies, since the 90s, coupled with the uncontrolled growth of cities, has generated an increase of the distances of the residents to the public schools. These two factors lead to the need to evaluate the spatial accessibility and the attendance of the public schools in the cities, because the distance to be travelled in the home-school path is a decisive factor for keep the student in school, especially for the 7 to 14 years old children. Therefore, this study is to evaluate the educational policies of attendance and of spatial accessibility of public school in a region of Fortaleza/CE. This evaluation has as main element the mandatory provision of basic public education for all 7 to 14 years old children (LDB 9695/96). Thus, from the design of a methodology of analysis of the spatial distribution of the public schools, it was used the Geographic Information System (SIG), as computational tool for analyze the educational units in the city region bounded by the administrative boundaries of Regional Executive Secretary V (SER V). After the analysis, it was found that the basic public education does not meet all the census sectors in the most of neighborhoods that comprise the area in study, as well as the four neighborhoods that meet the accessibility by the shift criteria in study do not proffer sufficient vacancies. And, by adding the schools that belong to the city with the ones that are state property, it is noted that remains the lake of attention to the offered enrollments and primarily to the accessibility issues. These factors converge to identify a spatial distribution without adequate planning to the real needs to the local related to the basic public education, as well as the non-compliance of the current educational policies in the country. It is considered that this type of evaluation should be very useful in the elaboration of educational public policies, mainly related to the definition of the localization on the accessible schools in urban areas, aiming more detailed knowledge about the reality in the search for effective solutions. / A expansão do ensino público implementada pelas políticas educacionais, desde a década de 90, aliada ao crescimento desordenado das cidades, gerou um aumento das distâncias dos munícipes aos equipamentos públicos educacionais. Estes dois fatores levam à necessidade de se avaliar a acessibilidade espacial e o atendimento das escolas públicas nas cidades, uma vez que a distância a ser percorrida no trajeto casa-escola é um fator decisivo para a manutenção do aluno na escola, sobretudo para a faixa etária de 7 a 14 anos. Nesse contexto, este trabalho se propõe a avaliar as políticas educacionais de atendimento e de acessibilidade espacial da rede pública escolar em uma região da cidade de Fortaleza/CE. Esta avaliação tem como elemento principal a obrigatoriedade da oferta de ensino público fundamental para todas as crianças entre 7 e 14 anos (LDB 9695/96). Para tanto, a partir da concepção de uma metodologia de análise da distribuição espacial das escolas públicas, usou-se o Sistema de Informações Geográfica (SIG), como ferramenta computacional para analisar as unidades de ensino na região da cidade delimitada pelas fronteiras administrativas da Secretaria Executiva Regional V. Após as análises verificou-se que a rede pública municipal de ensino fundamental não atende a todos os setores censitários na maioria dos bairros que compõe a área em estudo, assim como, os 4 (quatro) bairros que atendem à acessibilidade pelo critério de deslocamento em estudo não ofertam vagas suficientes. E, ao agregar a rede pública estadual à municipal, constata-se que permanece a falta de atendimento quanto às matrículas ofertadas e principalmente quanto a questões de acessibilidade. Estes fatos convergem para a identificação de uma distribuição espacial sem um planejamento adequado a real necessidade do local quanto à rede pública de educação municipal no ensino fundamental, assim como a não observância das políticas educacionais vigentes no país. Considera-se que este tipo de avaliação pode ser de grande utilidade na elaboração de políticas públicas educacionais, principalmente relacionadas à definição da localização das unidades escolares acessíveis em áreas urbanas, visando o conhecimento mais detalhado da realidade na busca de soluções eficazes.

The work brings up age structure, growth age and school success in boys in the first and fourth year of primary school. The surveying took place at fourteen basic schools in České Budějovice and its proximity in 2006.The sample was made up of 225 pupils in the fourth year and 235 pupils in the first year. The survey focused on detecting differences in school success between pupils whose school attendance had been postponed and those who had entered primary school at due age. In addition, the work looks into problem of age growth and its potential impact on school success. Based on questionnaires, the views of pupils´parents and teachers at primary school were recorded. The sample was made of 326 parents and 40 teachers.

This thesis ?Cooperation of the school with parents of children who are begginning school attendance? describes concrete forms of communicatoin and coopertion of the school with parents of children who are begginning school attendance. The theoretical part is focused on scholar of freshman class, focused on school maturity and readiness, school immaturity, initiation of school attendance and affimnity of family with school. The practical part is focused on concrete forms of communicatoin and coopertion of the school with parents, usage rate of this cooperation and content of concrete forms of coopertion. There are also describes cooperation of the school with parents of children of preschool age. This thesis describes concrete requirements on the parents.

This thesis deals with diagnosing school readiness at enrollment for compulsory school attendance. The paper defines the terms of school readiness, school maturity, enrollment for compulsory school attendance, school attendance postponement and acceptance of the child younger than six years. Another part describes the enrolment process for compulsory education in primary schools in Českobudějovicko. Three goals have been set: how teachers of selected primary schools in Českobudějovicko diagnose school readiness during enrollment for compulsory school attendance, what is their experience with school start postponement and early school starts (before 6 years), and to see if elementary schools cooperate with kindergartens in enrollment for compulsory school attendance. To achieve the goals was used qualitative research, an interrogation method, semi-structured interview technique. Through interviews with selected teachers coming from nine primary schools these objectives have been met. Elementary schools use different methods for diagnosing school maturity, but in most cases they diagnose the child in the fields recommended by literature. They also cooperate with kindergartens in the enrolment process. Experience of their teachers with an additional postponement in enrolment, or with early enrolment...

This study assessed the impact of the Texas Counselors' Network (TCN) on students of counselors who attended TCN workshops. TCN is a professional organization created in 1996 for the professional development of counselors. TCN impacts primary and secondary school students by providing counselors with selected skills to assist them in helping students. In theory, TCN thus impacts these students by improving overall skills of participating counselors. This study assessed the progress of students before and after implementation of TCN. Students' progress was considered in four areas: Texas Accountability Assessment Scores (TAAS), attendance rates, dropout rates, and high school student enrollment in technical programs. The current study compared student performance in the above four areas during a two to three year period prior to the establishment of TCN, with the initial six years of TCN existence. This study examined data attained through the Texas Educational Agency (TEA) Website using their Academic Excellence Indicator System (AEIS) for four regional TCN groups. The study used a paired t-test to compare the performance of students before versus after counselor participation in network workshops. The findings indicated that overall, counselor participation in TCN could have a significant effect on student performance. In fact, eight tests were run and all were found significant at the .05 alpha level.