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Direct linkSmyth, John; Robinson, Janean – Journal of Education Policy, 2015
This paper tackles what is arguably one of the most pressing and intractable educational issues confronting western democracies--the disengagement and disconnection from schooling of alarming numbers of young people. The paper looks at the policy response in Victoria, Australia, and through ethnographic interviews with a small number of young…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Dropouts, Dropout Programs
Smyth, John; McInerney, Peter – Journal of Education Policy, 2014
This paper addresses the vexed educational policy aspects of area-based "interventions (ABIs) in neighbourhoods designated as "disadvantaged" in an Australian context. We find that the way in which the policy of ABIs is supposed to operate and impact education is highly problematic. What we present instead in this paper is a much…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Opportunities, Place Based Education, Intervention
