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K. Tsianina Lomawaima; Teresa L. McCarty – Teachers College Press, 2024
"To Remain an Indian" traces the footprints of Indigenous education in what is now the United States. Native Peoples' educational systems are rooted in ways of knowing and being that have endured for millennia, despite the imposition of colonial schooling. In this second edition, the authors amplify their theoretical framework of settler…
Descriptors: Democracy, American Indian Education, Tribal Sovereignty, Tribally Controlled Education
Albisetti, James C.; Goodman, Joyce; Rogers, Rebecca – Palgrave Macmillan, 2010
This long-awaited synthesis approaches the past three centuries with an eye to highlighting the importance of significant schools, as well as important women educators in the emergence of secondary education for girls. At the same time, each contributor pays careful attention to the specific political, cultural, and socio-economic factors that…
Descriptors: Secondary Education, Females, Democracy, Educational History
Foner, Nancy, Ed.; Rumbaut, Ruben G., Ed.; Gold, Steven J., Ed. – 2000
This book presents research on the post-1965 wave of immigrants to the United States by a new generation of immigration scholars. The 20 papers, which come from a 1998 conference, cover groups ranging from high-tech engineers in Silicon Valley to Sudanese Nuer refugees in Minnesota. Many studies report novel findings and fresh interpretations. The…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Anthropology, Blacks, Citizenship
Nie, Norman H.; Junn, Jane; Stehlik-Barry, Kenneth – 1996
This book explores the causal relationships between education and democratic citizenship. This book is divided into 2 parts and features 11 chapters. Chapter 1, the introductory chapter, looks at "Education and Democratic Citizenship in America: Enlightened Political Engagement." Part 1, "Education and Citizenship in the United States, 1990,"…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Citizenship, Citizenship Education, Civics