Shows that in the German educational system, boys are at a disadvantage with girls. Explains that boys often leave secondary school without a final degree. Concludes that the smaller the proportion of male elementary teachers and the higher the rate of unemployment, the lower the achievement of boys in secondary schools. (CAJ)

Compares types of ability grouping (mixed, homogenous, acceleration/retention) used in educational systems in the United States, China, Japan, south Korea, France, Germany, and Quebec and how they reflect cultural patterns and shape educational outcomes. Discusses tensions between the competing demands of excellence and equity. (SK)

Leading researchers from the United States and Europe report on new findings on the effect of education on equal opportunity, using economic and statistical techniques to assess the results of education policy reform in countries including the United States, Britain, Sweden, Germany, and Italy. Much educational research today is focused on…

Over the past few decades, in many western countries with large immigrant populations, inequalities in education relating to ethnic background have increased. Interventions traditionally consist of selective compensatory arrangements that focus on instruction in the second language--especially in early stages of schooling--and the treatment of…

This paper contends that the debate over multiculturalism in the university is best understood from a broadened historical perspective. The experiences of educational reformers in Germany and the impact of fascism and communism are explored. Based on a historical approach to the multiculturalism debate, three areas of particular concern are…

The author reviews recent structural changes in the West German educational system and examines some of the social changes and some of the debates between reformist and traditionalist educators which may be indicative of future trends. (SJL)

A 1995 study investigated the effects of downsized U.S. military forces on Department of Defense Dependents' schools; implementation of a Community Strategic Plan; personnel changes; controversial staff development initiatives; and the achievement gap between racial, ethnic, and gender groups. Findings and implications from visits to five schools…

The position of immigrant workers' children in the West German schools is detailed in this article. Inequalities arising from conflicting educational and language policies, economic and cultural factors, and the selective and hierarchical nature of the educational system are described as they affect the immigrant child's chances for academic…

Argues that equal educational opportunity has never been realized nationally or internationally. Suggests that the degree of selection is higher in Germany and other German-speaking countries than elsewhere. Concludes that exceptional curricular and structural factors in Bielefeld's experimental Oberstufen-Kolleg helped achieve equal educational…

Examines German schools for special needs children from the perspective of pedagogy and school theory. Questions the approach that argues for the indispensability of an independent special school. Indicates that special needs schools are for the poor which produces educational inequalities. (CAJ)

Presents a study based on statistics regarding curricular options of German senior high school students in choosing basic and advanced courses. Focuses on the contrast between gender-specific curricular options and the process of an equalization of male and female formal educational careers that is observable over the past three decades. (DSK)

States that the inverse relation between the level of education and ethnocentrism, right-wing authoritarianism, or anti-semitism is one of the most robust empirical results to be found in survey research in Germany. Refutes the critique that the empirical result is merely an artifact of method. (CMK)

This research examines educational stratification cross-nationally through the context of German division and unity. Drawing upon representative German Social Survey (ALLBUS) data from 1991 to 1998 on cohorts schooled in the 1980s and 1990s, the analysis explores educational inequality at the secondary school level with respect to social origins…

Girls are the obvious winners of the German school system: there are more girls than boys of the same age attending grammar school and intermediate school, that is, the "superior" schools. On the other hand, "inferior" schools such as comprehensive schools, secondary modern, and special schools are attended by more boys than…