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Tiago Bittencourt; Gabriela Bustamante Callejas – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2024
Despite the growing presence and visibility of paleoconservative critique of international curricula such as the IB, little scholarly attention has been invested in discerning how the rise of paleoconservative thought in mainstream politics has shaped or even redirected the IB's growth in the United States. This study strives to address this gap…
Descriptors: Voting, Counties, Political Attitudes, International Education
Skilling, William C. – School Administrator, 2012
When L. Brooks Patterson, the executive of Oakland County, Michigan, publicly called for the county to become the first in America to teach Mandarin Chinese in every public school district, the Oxford Community Schools responded immediately. Over the past four years, the school district of 5,030 students in southeastern Michigan has elevated the…
Descriptors: School Districts, Mandarin Chinese, Public Schools, Biculturalism
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Kaplan, Arlene F.; Knight, Karen W.; Parks, Robert D. – ERS Spectrum, 2008
The Urban Academies of Broward County (UABC) was conceived and implemented as a collaborative teacher preparation model designed to develop, hire, and retain high-performing and motivated educators in predominantly poor minority schools. The program targets high school students, college students majoring in education, and practicing teachers.…
Descriptors: Honors Curriculum, Advanced Placement, Teacher Persistence, Academic Achievement