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Education in the Black Diaspora: Perspectives, Challenges, and Prospects. Routledge Research in Education
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Freeman, Kassie, Ed.; Johnson, Ethan, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
This volume gathers scholars from around the world in a comparative approach to the various educational struggles of people of African descent, advancing the search for solutions and bringing to light new facets of the experiences of black people in the era of globalization. This book begins with "Black Populations in the Diaspora:…
Descriptors: Blacks, African Americans, Latin Americans, Children
Growing Gaps: Educational Inequality around the World
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Attewell, Paul, Ed.; Newman, Katherine S., Ed. – Oxford University Press, 2010
The last half century has seen a dramatic expansion in access to primary, secondary, and higher education in many nations around the world. Educational expansion is desirable for a country's economy, beneficial for educated individuals themselves, and is also a strategy for greater social harmony. But has greater access to education reduced or…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Access to Education, Global Approach, Foreign Countries
Just Schools: Pursuing Equality in Societies of Difference
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Minow, Martha, Ed.; Shweder, Richard A., Ed.; Markus, Hazel Rose, Ed. – Russell Sage Foundation, 2008
Educators and policymakers who share the goal of equal opportunity in schools often hold differing notions of what entails a just school in multicultural America. Some emphasize the importance of integration and uniform treatment for all, while others point to the benefits of honoring cultural diversity in ways that make minority students feel at…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Muslims, Equal Education, School Choice
Women, Gender and Work: What Is Equality and How Do We Get There?
Loutfi, Martha Fetherolf, Ed. – 2001
This anthology contains 22 articles published in the "International Labor Review" between 1996-2000 on many dimensions of women, gender, and work. Part I is an introduction called "Women, Gender, and Work--An Overview" (Martha F. Loutfi), sets the framework in terms of the value of work, rights, and goals. Part II on concepts…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Comparable Worth, Developed Nations, Developing Nations
Education: Straitjacket or Opportunity?
Benet, James, Ed.; Daniels, Arlene Kaplan, Ed. – 1980
Spurred on by such discussions of education as Jenk's "Inequality" and Coleman's controversial pronouncements on desegregation orders and "white flight," this anthology focuses on the efficacy of educational reform. The articles were compiled from two issues of the journal "Social Problems." The introductory essay by…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Bilingualism, Black Students, College Faculty