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Aurélie Van de Peer; Orhan Agirdag; Freddy Mortier – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2024
Educational research acknowledges the significant challenges faced by racialized minority students at school. This interview-based study examines the experiences of racialized minority students in Flanders, the Dutch-speaking region in Belgium, regarding a social science curriculum that addresses the power dynamics and privilege involved in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Minority Group Students, Racial Factors, Social Sciences
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Demanet, Jannick; Van Praag, Lore; Van Houtte, Mieke – Journal of Cognitive Education and Psychology, 2016
Starting from a person-environment fit framework, this study investigates whether ethnic congruence--the percentage of co-ethnics in a school--relates to school misconduct and whether congruence effects differ between ethnic minority and majority students. Moreover, we investigate whether eventual associations are mediated by friendship…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Personality Theories, Models, Behavior Problems
Amos, Jason, Ed. – Alliance for Excellent Education, 2007
"Straight A's: Public Education Policy and Progress" is a biweekly newsletter that focuses on education news and events both in Washington, DC and around the country. The following articles are included in this issue: (1) "Chance Favors the Prepared Mind": Report Finds that Students in the Highest-Achieving States Score As Well…
Descriptors: High Schools, Dropouts, Reading Achievement, Foreign Countries