Raising the Compulsory School Leaving Age in Manitoba: An Analysis of The Preparing Students for Success Act 2011

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dc.contributor.advisorDr. James K. Donlevy
dc.contributor.authorMcGeown Plant, Ardith
dc.contributor.committeememberDr. Brenda Spencer, Dr. Ian Winchester
dc.date.accessioned2017-07-11T15:25:03Z
dc.date.available2017-07-11T15:25:03Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.date.submitted2017en
dc.description.abstractOn December 6, 2010, the Province of Manitoba announced that it would be introducing Bill 13: The Preparing Students for Success Act, “aimed at better preparing students to succeed in school and beyond” (“Minister introduces,” 2010, para. 1). This bill amended The Public Schools Act with the purpose of raising the compulsory school age from 16 to 18 in Manitoba. The accompanying Learning to Age 18 Regulation was also established to provide superintendents with opportunities to provide alternative programming for students who want to remain in school, but choose to pursue an alternative curriculum. The Act came into force on September 6, 2011. Manitoba is the third province in Canada, following New Brunswick and Ontario that increased the compulsory school leaving age to 18 in response to students leaving school before completing their high school education. The Preparing Students for Success Act 2011 “would require school boards to establish policies and procedures to support students in remaining engaged in school or in activities and programs which provide educational benefits” (“Minister introduces,” 2010, para. 3). The purpose of this study was to investigate how educators and administrators in three Manitoba schools interpreted and implemented this legislation’s mandate. This qualitative inquiry provides an analysis of this legislation from a single case, multi-site study. In addition, the analytical basis of grounded theory methodology supported this research inquiry by offering recommendations and conclusions from the findings of my research.en_US
dc.identifier.citationMcGeown Plant, A. (2017). Raising the Compulsory School Leaving Age in Manitoba: An Analysis of The Preparing Students for Success Act 2011 (Doctoral thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27521en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/27521
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11023/3940
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.facultyGraduate Studies
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subjectEducation--Administration
dc.subject.othercompulsory school leaving age
dc.subject.otherpublic policy
dc.subject.otherstudent success
dc.titleRaising the Compulsory School Leaving Age in Manitoba: An Analysis of The Preparing Students for Success Act 2011
dc.typedoctoral thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineEducational Research
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Education (EdD)
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