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Mansfield, Andrew – Oxford Review of Education, 2023
From 2020, the long-standing debate regarding the English national curriculum's capacity to discuss issues of ethnicity and race escalated. The history subject curriculum particularly is seen as excluding ethnic minorities from an 'Island Story' often depicting a White Anglocentric identity disassociated with the wider world. In 2021, the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, National Curriculum, History Instruction, Minority Groups
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Wise, Bob; Rothman, Robert – New Directions for Youth Development, 2010
The federal role in education will soon be transformed in ways that could produce an even greater society than President Lyndon B. Johnson envisioned. The authors identify underlying principles of this new role and describe how it represents a significant departure from the past. Historically, for example, the federal government has been…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Government Role, Federal Government, Role of Education
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Ivanova, I. N. – Russian Education and Society, 2011
Many young people in Russia find it difficult to move into employment, and given the importance of a more efficient labor force for Russia's economic future, more needs to be done by the Russian government to improve the situation. Under current conditions, the state's activity in regard to solving issues of protecting the interests of young…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Labor Market, Young Adults, Foreign Countries
Rusch, Frank R.; Loomis, Frederick D. – Exceptional Parent, 2005
During the past quarter century, federal legislation has resulted in fundamental changes in the way youth with special needs are educated. Despite legal mandates and substantial funding support, only minimal progress has been made in the rate at which exceptional children progress through school to the world of work. During the past 30 years,…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Young Adults, Special Needs Students, Employment Opportunities
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Taylor, Chris; Fitza, John; Gorard, Stephen – Oxford Review of Education, 2005
School diversity in the UK is not a new phenomenon. However, recent reforms to "modernise" the secondary school system towards greater diversity of provision, primarily in England, needs to be explored in more detail. The article begins by proposing three phases in the development of state-funded school diversity and provision between…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Equal Education, Student Diversity, Secondary Education
Wehman, Paul – Education and Training in Mental Retardation, 1992
This paper reviews trends in transition for young people with disabilities including national education reform, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and other legislative advances, advances in behavioral and rehabilitation technology, changing attitudes, and the impact of federally funded model demonstrations. A table enumerates reasons…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities, Dropouts