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Peer reviewedStein, Colman Brez, Jr. – Comparative Education Review, 1985
Sephardi Jews (of Middle Eastern origins) make up 65% of Israeli school enrollment but lag far behind Ashkenazi Jews (of European origins) in academic achievement and educational attainment. Reforms of the 1960s-70s, which focused on compensatory education to remedy "cultural disadvantage," reinforced ethnic underclass stereotypes,…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Educational Discrimination, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
