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Andy Kaplan; Gillian McNamee – Schools: Studies in Education, 2024
"Reconstructing Democratic Education" was an international conference held virtually on June 22, 2024. This article uses the words of the speakers and the participants to present some of the stories and reflections that stimulated us that day. Speakers touched on a wide variety of challenges that democracy in general and schools in…
Descriptors: Democratic Values, Democracy, Barriers, College School Cooperation
Care, Esther; Vista, Alvin; Kim, Helyn – Center for Universal Education at The Brookings Institution, 2020
This paper marks the second in a series of five reports detailing the work of the Optimizing Assessment for All (OAA) project at Brookings to strengthen education systems capacity to integrate 21st century skills into teaching and learning, using assessment as a lever for changing classroom practices. Twenty-first century skills (21CS) are now…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, 21st Century Skills, Teaching Methods, Student Evaluation
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Eng, Sothy; Szmodis, Whitney; Mulsow, Miriam – Elementary School Journal, 2014
The role of social capital (parental beliefs, social networks, and trust) as a predictor of parental involvement in Cambodian children's education was examined, controlling for human capital (family socioeconomic status). Parents of elementary students (n = 273) were interviewed face to face in Cambodia. Teacher contact scored highest, followed by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Participation, Beliefs, Parent Attitudes