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Parks, Amy Noelle; Bridges-Rhoads, Sarah – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2012
As part of a renewed focus on early childhood mathematics education, researchers have recently called for increased attention to preschool mathematics curricula. This article, which is based on a multiyear ethnographic study in a rural preschool primarily serving African American children, contributes to this area of interest by documenting the…
Descriptors: Scripts, African American Students, Ethnography, Minority Group Children
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Levin, Henry M.; Schwartz, Heather L. – Economics of Education Review, 2007
This article considers two issues regarding preschool education. First, it provides a brief set of arguments for government funding of universal, pre-school education. Second, it explores the applicability of a voucher plan using a regulated market approach for the funding of universal, pre-school education. Four criteria are used to assess the…
Descriptors: Educational Vouchers, Preschool Education, Educational Finance, Criteria
Sloan, Margaret Hall – Appalachian Collaborative Center for Learning, Assessment, and Instruction in Mathematics (ACCLAIM), 2006
The purpose of this study was to explore the ways in which social, political, and economic factors impact the teaching and learning of mathematics in a small rural school in Georgia. Focusing on a charter school that seeks to educate approximately 275 pre-K through 12th grade students, the study was intended to give voice to the residents of the…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Rural Schools, Social Influences, Political Influences