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Research found nearly a third of eligible two-year-olds failed to take up a free early education place, with Ofsted raising concerns about the quality and sufficiency of childcare provision in some areas

Intro -- EDUCATION AID FOR DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN: ESEA TITLE I-A ALLOCATION FORMULAS AND REAUTHORIZATION -- EDUCATION AID FOR DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN: ESEA TITLE I-A ALLOCATION FORMULAS AND REAUTHORIZATION -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 EDUCATION FOR THE DISADVANTAGED: ANALYSIS OF ISSUES FOR THE ESEA TITLE I-A ALLOCATION FORMULAS -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- DESCRIPTION OF THE ESEA TITLE I-A ALLOCATION FORMULAS -- General Overview of the Title I-A Allocation Formulas -- Detailed Description of Each of the Title I-A -- Allocation Formulas Basic Grants -- Basic Grant Allocation Formula -- Concentration Grants -- Targeted Grants -- Education Finance Incentive Grants (EFIG) -- ESEA Title I-A School Improvement Grants -- Suballocation of LEA Grants to Schools -- RECENT FUNDING TRENDS FOR TITLE I-A -- FY2008 -- FY2009 -- FY2010 -- FY2008 ALLOCATION PATTERNS -- ESEA REAUTHORIZATION ISSUES RELATED TO THE TITLE I-A ALLOCATION FORMULAS -- Should Annual Variations in the Poverty Estimates Used to Calculate Title I-A Grants Be Reduced through Multi-Year Averaging or other Methods? -- Annual Shifts in Poverty Estimates -- Selected Alternatives to Use of Only the Most Current Poverty Estimates -- Option 1: Higher Hold Harmless Rates -- Option 2: Use of the Average of the Latest and Second Latest Poverty Estimates for All LEAs -- Option 3: Use of the Greater of the Latest or the Average of the Latest and Second Latest Poverty Estimates for Each LEA -- Option 4: Limit the Degree of Annual Decreases in Poverty Estimates -- Has the Targeting of Title I-A Funds on High Poverty LEAs Increased since 2001? -- Should the Population Weighting Factors of the Targeted and EFIG Formulas Be Modified to More Equally Favor LEAs with Large Numbers of School-Age Children in Poor Families and LEAs with High Poverty Rates?

Study concludes some schools 'manage out' poorer pupils to boost exam league table results, with dire consequences for attainment

The ABS surveys of 1981 and 1988 show that within the total population of handicapped persons a number of families with dependents have one or both parents who are handicapped. Also included within this group are lone handicapped parents and families who have in addition some other non-dependent handicapped person living with them. Besides the usual socio-economic problems surrounding disabling conditions this group are also faced with the difficulties associated with the everyday tasks of parenting. Yet, judging by the professional and research literature, they have received scant attention here in Australia or elsewhere.This paper reports the results of a small qualitative pilot study of 19 families in which one of the parents had some physical handicap and which examined the everyday parenting tasks faced by them. It reports on some of the difficulties they experienced and also the affirmative action they took to overcome those difficulties.

In this paper, I will discuss the importance of early intervention with vulnerable families where children and babies may be at risk of neglect and disadvantaged by their social circumstances in accessing appropriate, preventative support services. I will describe the Strengthening Families Program located in the Social Work Department of the Royal Children's Hospital, which provides a model for interdisciplinary and intersectoral (welfare and health) collaboration. The Program offers care management to individual families and is working towards systemic changes in the hospital's response to these families. Finally, I will illustrate aspects of the work of the Royal Children's Hospital Strengthening Families Program with a case study wherein a recent history of domestic violence impacted on the family's capacity to access health and welfare services for both mother and children.