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Bensinger, Samantha – Schools: Studies in Education, 2012
In this essay, a high school senior reflects on her educational experience as a journey beginning with her difficult decision to stay at Francis W. Parker School for high school and ending with her current search for a college where she can continue to explore the nature of education. Her narrative focuses on her experience in an elective course…
Descriptors: College Admission, Independent Study, Foreign Countries, Democracy
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Allen, Keisha McIntosh; Jackson, Iesha; Knight, Michelle G. – International Journal of Multicultural Education, 2012
This study presents findings from a case study of 18 second- and 1.5-generation West African immigrants. We draw upon notions of elusive culture and indigenous knowledges to highlight participants' complex cultural identities and respond to anti-immigration discourses through positioning West African immigrant students as assets in American…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Immigrants, African Culture, Case Studies
Shuman, Aaron L. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Educational leadership has been the focus of many studies; however, leadership does not occur in a vacuum. Understanding the context in which it occurs will in turn help to explain the phenomenon itself. Rural communities in the United States have many differences when compared to urban and suburban areas. Twenty-eight percent of schools in the…
Descriptors: High Schools, Rural Schools, Rural Areas, Gender Discrimination
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Martinson, David L. – Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas, 2003
American society's concern with the necessity of teaching the importance of good character and ethical/moral decision-making in school is growing. However, many concerned parties fail to recognize that the school--and even the most dedicated teacher--will not be able to teach ethical decision making in a vacuum. Despite this reality, it is…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Values Education, Ethics, High School Students
Kiker, Jason – Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers (J3), 2007
The ninth recommendation in ACTE's high school reform position statement is to move beyond "seat-time" and narrowly defined knowledge and skills. United States high schools operate on a well-established set of expectations for size, time of day and seasons of the year that programs and classes are offered, how instructional material is…
Descriptors: Expectation, Educational Change, School Restructuring, High Schools
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Killen, Melanie; Henning, Alexandra; Kelly, Megan Clark; Crystal, David; Ruck, Martin – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2007
US majority (European-American) and minority (African-American, Latin-American, Asian-American) children were interviewed regarding race-based and non-race based reasons for exclusion in interracial peer contexts (N = 685), evenly divided by gender at 9, 12, and 15 years of age (4th, 7th, and 10th grades) attending 13 US public schools. All…
Descriptors: Racial Factors, Peer Relationship, Peer Influence, Social Experience