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Can Policy To Address Some Rights Address Breaches Of Other Disability Rights?, Sally Robinson, Karen Fisher Assoc Prof
Can Policy To Address Some Rights Address Breaches Of Other Disability Rights?, Sally Robinson, Karen Fisher Assoc Prof
Professor Sally Robinson
Governments must implement the UN CRPD. In practice, government prioritises policies relating to some rights more highly than others. This unequal implementation relates in part to constraints on government, including competing interests, multiple participants and incremental policy change. In the context of these constraints, can differential policy priorities address breaches of other disability rights? This paper tests this question in relation to support for people living in boarding houses in Queensland, focusing particularly on residents with intellectual disability. Among the core disability rights are the rights to housing and housing support (Article 19). For some people living in boarding houses, …
Juvenile Gangs In Schools: Characteristics, Causes, And Possible Solutions, Gordon A. Crews
Juvenile Gangs In Schools: Characteristics, Causes, And Possible Solutions, Gordon A. Crews
Gordon A Crews
The purpose of this seminar is to acquaint participants with the ever-changing characteristics, often conflicting issues of causation, and various proposed solutions to the myriad of problems associated with gangs in schools. Special attention is given to the evolving nature of gangs in K-12 educational institutions (e.g., new types of juvenile groups developing and their associated behavior). Traditional subjects such as gang recruitment, initiation, and criminal activity are examined by discussing the many ways they manifest themselves in the school setting. Finally, a conceptual framework is presented by which a school can identify, understand, and begin to address a potential …
Exploring Enrolment, Achievement And Progression Of Ib Graduates In Australian Universities, Daniel Edwards
Exploring Enrolment, Achievement And Progression Of Ib Graduates In Australian Universities, Daniel Edwards
Dr Daniel Edwards
No abstract provided.
Australian Higher Education - Attainment, Demand And Realities, Daniel Edwards
Australian Higher Education - Attainment, Demand And Realities, Daniel Edwards
Dr Daniel Edwards
No abstract provided.
Pathways Through Higher Education – From Admissions To Graduate Outcomes, Daniel Edwards
Pathways Through Higher Education – From Admissions To Graduate Outcomes, Daniel Edwards
Dr Daniel Edwards
No abstract provided.
The Other China, Vilma Seeberg
The Other China, Vilma Seeberg
Vilma Seeberg
Evaluating primary enrollment figures for rural children particularly girls against sex ration for newborns and NGO reports of lack of birth registrations of girls (hei hukou), produces a net primary enrollment rate (49%) half of the official data (98%). Poverty data and One-Child Policy fines explain the context of the lower enrollment rates.