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‘If only they had a file on every pupil’: on the mismatch between truancy policy and practice in Flanders

Bram SpruytSociology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, BelgiumCorrespondence[email protected]
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Gil KeppensSociology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
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Robin KemperDepartment of Social Work and Social Pedagogy, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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Lieve BradtDepartment of Social Work and Social Pedagogy, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Pages 171-189 | Received 30 Sep 2015, Accepted 10 May 2016, Published online: 22 Nov 2016

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Jonas Højgaard Frydenlund. (2022) How an Empty Chair at School Becomes an Empty Claim: A Discussion of Absence From School and Its Causality. Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research 66:4, pages 658-671.
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Frederikke Skaaning Knage. (2021) Beyond the school refusal/truancy binary: engaging with the complexities of extended school non-attendance. International Studies in Sociology of Education 0:0, pages 1-25.
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Lore Van Praag, Simon Boone, Rut Van Caudenberg, Ward Nouwen & Christiane Timmerman. (2020) Long and winding roads: educational decision- making of youngsters at risk of early school leaving in Flanders. Educational Studies 46:5, pages 532-547.
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Gil Keppens. (2023) School absenteeism and academic achievement: Does the timing of the absence matter?. Learning and Instruction 86, pages 101769.
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Gil Keppens. (2022) Who is absent from school when? An optimal matching analysis of within-year variation in the timing of school absences. Journal of School Psychology 95, pages 90-104.
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Christopher A. Kearney, Laelia Benoit, Carolina Gonzálvez & Gil Keppens. (2022) School attendance and school absenteeism: A primer for the past, present, and theory of change for the future. Frontiers in Education 7.
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Gil Keppens & Bram Spruyt. (2021) Het belang van schoolbinding. JGZ Tijdschrift voor jeugdgezondheidszorg 53:2-3, pages 68-72.
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Mirae J. Fornander & Christopher A. Kearney. (2020) Internalizing Symptoms as Predictors of School Absenteeism Severity at Multiple Levels: Ensemble and Classification and Regression Tree Analysis. Frontiers in Psychology 10.
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Christopher A. Kearney, Carolina Gonzálvez, Patricia A. Graczyk & Mirae J. Fornander. (2019) Reconciling Contemporary Approaches to School Attendance and School Absenteeism: Toward Promotion and Nimble Response, Global Policy Review and Implementation, and Future Adaptability (Part 2). Frontiers in Psychology 10.
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Gil Keppens & Bram Spruyt. (2017) The School as a Socialization Context. Youth & Society 51:8, pages 1145-1166.
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Mirae J. Fornander & Christopher A. Kearney. (2019) Family Environment Variables as Predictors of School Absenteeism Severity at Multiple Levels: Ensemble and Classification and Regression Tree Analysis. Frontiers in Psychology 10.
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Gil Keppens & Bram Spruyt. (2018) Truancy in Europe: Does the type of educational system matter?. European Journal of Education 53:3, pages 414-426.
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