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  2. Raising of school leaving age in England and Wales - Wikipedia

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    The 2008 Education and Skills Act gave the Assembly the powers to make similar reforms as those planned in England. A spokesperson for the Welsh Assembly indicated that it would want to encourage more young people to stay in education, but without compulsion, [38] so school leavers there are not required to continue with any education or ...

  3. Rights Respecting Schools Award - Wikipedia

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    The RRSA initiative started in 2004. In autumn 2017, UNICEF said that it was working with more UK schools than almost any other organization, that 1.5 million children in the UK go to a Rights Respecting School, and that more than 4,000 schools up and down the country are working towards the award.

  4. Personal, social, health and economic education - Wikipedia

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    However, as Ofsted stated in its 2013 PSHE report "the great majority of schools choose to teach it because it makes a major contribution to their statutory responsibilities to promote children and young people's personal and economic wellbeing; offer sex and relationships education; prepare pupils for adult life and provide a broad and ...

  5. Education in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Education in the United Kingdom is a devolved matter, with each of the countries of the United Kingdom having separate systems under separate governments. The UK Government is responsible for England, whilst the Scottish Government, the Welsh Government and the Northern Ireland Executive are responsible for Scotland, [6] Wales [7] and Northern Ireland, respectively.

  6. Education in England - Wikipedia

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    Ofsted publishes reports on the quality of education, learning outcomes, management, and safety and behaviour of young people at a particular school on a regular basis. Schools judged by Ofsted to be providing an inadequate standard of education may be subject to special measures , which could include replacing the governing body and senior staff.

  7. Good School Districts: How Much Do They Really Matter?

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    In other words, a homeowner with a $1,326 mortgage payment on a $300,000 house who is also paying the average $912-per-month average tuition could effectively similarly afford a $520,000 house ...

  8. Disconnected youth - Wikipedia

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    Disconnected youth is a label in United States public policy debate for NEETs, a British term referring to young people "Not in Education, Employment, or Training". Measure of America's July 2021 report says disconnected youth (defined as aged 16 to 24) number 4.1 million in the United States, about one in nine of the age cohort. [1]

  9. 2010 United Kingdom student protests - Wikipedia

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    [39] [40] [42] According to a group on the social networking website Facebook, 25,000 people had signed up to take the day off from studies and protest prior to the actual event, [41] and these protesters included not only university students, but also school children who had walked out of lessons to join the demonstration. [40]