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Raffo, Carlo, Ed.; Dyson, Alan, Ed.; Gunter, Helen, Ed.; Hall, Dave, Ed.; Jones, Lisa, Ed.; Kalambouka, Afroditi, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
For the first time, researchers, policymakers and practitioners across the world will have access to a comprehensive mapping of research evidence and policy strategies about education and poverty in affluent countries. Although there is widespread agreement that poverty and poor educational outcomes are related, there are competing explanations as…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Disadvantaged Schools, Poverty, Educational Objectives
Buckley, Jack; Schneider, Mark; Shang, Yi – National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities, 2004
The attrition of both new and experienced teachers is a great challenge for schools and school administrators throughout the United States, particularly in large urban districts. Because of the importance of this issue, there is a large empirical literature that investigates why teachers quit and how they might be better induced to stay. Here we…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Experienced Teachers, Educational Facilities, Urban Schools
Askov, Eunice N.; Johnston, Jerome; Petty, Leslie I.; Young, Shannon J. – 2003
This monograph examines benefits, challenges, and methods of expanding access to adult literacy with online distance education (ODE). The following are among the topics discussed: (1) reasons for considering ODE (new technologies and delivery systems in education; ODE in higher education, business training, and adult basic education; state-level…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accountability, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy