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Sally K. Carter – Schools: Studies in Education, 2024
The current education system is failing our children. Yet the system shifts the blame as well as the search for possible solutions to teachers and learners, avoiding responsibility for its role in the existing oppressive structures. In turn, it fails to address the needs of a vastly diverse student population. This article looks at the development…
Descriptors: Democracy, Citizenship Education, Summer Programs, Learning Experience
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Hector Rasgado-Flores; Maxine Loh; Shella Blue; Rachael Lange; Jesus Ruiz; Eric Williams; Cecilia Pena-Rasgado; Brian Kufner; Mytzy Rodriguez-Kufner; Reema Rashied; Sarah Mustaly-Kalimi; Margaret Gonzales; Bernadette Sanchez; Maria Colunga – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2024
The dearth of Latinx and African American (AA) professionals in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields is most concerning. AA and Latinx workers in the labor market hold an 11% and 17% share of US workers, respectively. However, these groups only contribute 9% and 8%, respectively, of STEM professionals and 4.8 and 6% of…
Descriptors: STEM Careers, Allied Health Occupations, Low Income, Disadvantaged
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Robyn Henderson; Sazan M. Mandalawi – Australian and International Journal of Rural Education, 2024
Global education is often framed in terms of standardised testing that makes comparisons across nations. This is particularly evident with international measures like the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), which tests 15-year-olds in member countries. Images on the PISA website provide representations of education that seem to…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Refugees, Immigrants, Access to Education