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Sleeter, Christine E. – Teachers College Record, 2008
Background/Context: A challenge for teachers who support teaching for and about democracy is doing so while being pressed into directives rooted in corporatocracy, a political manifestation of neoliberalism. The accountability movement today, particularly No Child Left Behind, is rooted in much more firmly in corporatocracy than democracy.…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Democracy, Second Language Learning, Masters Theses
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Stone, Susan I.; Engel, Mimi; Nagaoka, Jenny; Roderick, Melissa – Teachers College Record, 2005
Increased use of high-stakes testing has been accompanied by an expansion of summer school programming. Few investigations focus on student experience within these programs. Using multiple methods, we examined how low-performing students attending the Chicago Public Schools' Summer Bridge program perceived their summer learning environments.…
Descriptors: Student Experience, Educational Environment, Summer Schools, Summer Programs