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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Free School Meals"”.
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Socio-economic Background and Attainment at GCSE: Does the Attainment of Students Eligible for Free School Meals Differ Over Time By Assessment System or Other Background Characteristics?
… 16 and the validation of five years of secondary schooling, their results are also key to subsequent opportunities in work and higher study. Yet the returns from their efforts vary, as differences in attainment persist despite numerous educational initiatives. Attainment gaps by student background …
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Prevention, Diversion, and Reentry: Effects of School and Juvenile Justice Policy Reforms
Youth who experience school suspension, arrest, or residential placement may also experience collateral consequences such as disengagement from school, weakened social bonds, and increased likelihood of future delinquency. Reforms to school and juvenile justice policies may help reduce youth …
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Underachievement in story writing: Using psychological theories to investigate boys’ perceptions and experiences
… of six year 4 boys in a one form entry primary school in the West Midlands. Exploring one class teacher’s perceptions about the boys and capturing the boys’ perceptions about their experience of learning to write provided a detailed insight into why this group of boys was underachieving in …
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An investigation of teacher knowledge of and engagement with educational evidence
… and the percentage of pupils in their school eligible for free school meals (FSM%) with their knowledge of educational evidence. The main conclusions of the thesis were that pre-existing measures of teachers’ knowledge of and engagement with evaluation-based evidence require further …
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The Impact of Food Insecurity on Child Development in London and Islamabad
… wasting, undernutrition, child labour, and low school attendance, with maternal empowerment being a key determinant. By comparison, in London, food insecurity was associated with the obesity paradox, food bank dependency, welfare disjunctures, and holiday hunger, which are attributable to …
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The Bull and the Red Van: Pakistani-heritage young people in a small city explore the influences upon their educational progress
… gap in attainment between those eligible for free school meals and their peers. The principal sources of data are extended discussions with groups of Pakistani-heritage young people supplemented by interviews with parents, and a formal survey conducted by the young people among their black and …
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Why do so many white working class boys underachieve? An exploration of underpinning factors and beliefs
… 3, recorded as white British, in receipt of free school meals and attending a comprehensive secondary school. Participants were categorised as low or high/average attaining, based on their current attainment levels. In phase 1, the School Attitude Assessment Survey-Revised (McCoach, 2002) was …
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Fiscal redistribution, poverty, and inequality in Botswana
… schemes provide wide overall coverage with free school meals, the Ipelegeng public works scheme, and the universal old age pension having the largest marginal contributions to reducing extreme poverty. Parsimonious benefits leave a large share of the population still poor considering …
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Prevalence of adverse childhood experiences in an undergraduate student population : associations with health, education and social services
… of 4+. Logistic regression showed gender and school-type to be non-significant with regard to ACE score, nor was there significant effect of religious affiliation on ACE. Entitlement to Free School Meals, witnessing community violence sometimes or often, being personally affected by the …
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Nutrient intakes of primary school children
… April 2004 Hull City Council introduced free healthy school meals for all primary and special school pupils (approximately 20,500 children from 71 primary schools and 6 special schools) in an attempt to reduce health and education inequalities. The meals were prepared to meet the Caroline …
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Evidence-Based Teaching of Writing Practices: A Survey and Intervention at Elementary and High School Level
… standards at upper elementary and lower high school grades in 2014 (Scottish Government, 2015). Similarly, many students do not obtain the required skills in the USA (Graham et al., 2014). This study aimed to improve the writing skills of mainstream upper elementary and lower high school …
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Collateral Damage? The Layering of Exclusion of Disadvantaged Students in England's Secondary Schools
… to those in and around the education system. Schools encounter students who bring with them their internalised socio-economic experiences which, in turn, contribute to practices of inclusion and exclusion in these spaces. The research questions in this thesis are focused on the nature and …
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THREE ESSAYS ON THE ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED
… lens and investigates the effects of Universal Free Meals (UFM) – a program available to schools with sizable economically disadvantaged populations – on student well-being and district financial feasibility. UFM provides free meals to all students, regardless of household income, in an attempt …