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OECD Publishing, 2019
Many countries are struggling to reconcile greater flexibility in school choice with the need to ensure quality, equity and coherence in their school systems. This report provides an international perspective on issues related to school choice, especially how certain aspects of school-choice policies may be associated with sorting students into…
Descriptors: School Choice, Equal Education, School Segregation, Academic Achievement
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Roshchina, Ia. M.; Filippova, T. N. – Russian Education and Society, 2014
Data from surveys of parents of students in Russian schools of various types in the years 2006 to 2011 show a high level of desire to invest in their children's education. There has been a high degree of stability in aspirations and investment in spite of the economic problems caused by global recession.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Attitudes, Parent Surveys, School Choice
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Sobkin, V. S.; Ivanova, A. I.; Skobel'tsina, K. N. – Russian Education and Society, 2013
Parents of children of preschool age ask school education to meet certain requirements. Research shows that there are four main concerns: assessing the optimal age to begin schooling, how to choose an appropriate school, the goals of the educational program, and the professional and personal qualities of the schoolteacher.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parents, Parent Attitudes, Preschool Children
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Kozochkina, T. L. – Russian Education and Society, 2009
Russian schools differ widely in the quality of education they provide and in the socioeconomic status of the students they teach. More needs to be done to provide quality education for children from all social strata, including provision of remedial or extra tutoring where necessary. General school education provides the basic body of knowledge…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, General Education, Educational Quality, Secondary Schools
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Alaiba, T. E.; Zaborova, E. N. – Russian Education and Society, 2004
In the past few years there has been a "student boom" in the development of higher education: the number of college students in all of the Russian Federation rose from 2,612,800 in the 1993-94 academic year to 4,741,400 in the 2000-2001 academic year, that is, by 1.82 times. What is noteworthy is that the number of students enrolled in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Surveys, Student Attitudes, State Colleges