We will add publications about the project by the team and when others feature the project.
Publications by the project team
May 2022
Children and young people in out-of-home care tend to have lower educational achievement than their peers because of additional challenges like unstable housing or their needs not being met. Supporting children and young people to regularly attend school is fundamental to setting them up for educational and lifetime success.
Attending school every day counts – but kids in out-of-home care are missing out
This article was selected for inclusion in the 2022 yearbook by The Conversation: te Riele, K. et al. (2022). Attending school every day counts – but kids in out-home-home-care are missing out. Reckoning with Power and Privilege. Edited by Michael Hopkin. Thames and Hudson: Australia.
It was also reproduced in Child Magazine and the University of Tasmania Newsroom.
In the media
May 2023
Based on a media release by the CREATE Foundation, the School News Australia featured a story on our project.
February 2023
The media release by the Australian Research Council about the 2022 Round 1 Linkage Projects scheme funding singled out just three of the 81 new projects for special mention. Our project was one of those three.
40 million arc linkage projects drives collaboration and innovation
This project has been partially funded by the Australian Government through the Australian Research Council Linkage Scheme (LP2201001130). It will run from late 2023-2026.