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Creating a Climate for Promoting Learning for All in Staffordshire.
Chowdhury, Rita – MCT, 2001
Explains how one diverse local education authority (LEA) in the United Kingdom has made use of the Commission for Racial Equality's document, "Learning for All." Discusses the County Council's response to issues of diversity and equity and looks at the development of policy and practice in the LEA. (SM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Diversity (Student), Educational Policy
Issues for Citizenship in the Post-14 Curriculum: What Needs To Be Done To Contribute To Raising the Achievement of Ethnic Minority Pupils.
Lord, Key – MCT, 2000
Discusses the new National Curriculum in England in relation to the government's policies aimed at raising academic standards. The new Unified Framework does have the potential to raise the achievement of all students if it is implemented carefully. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, British National Curriculum, Cultural Awareness, Educational Policy
Government Funding for English Traveller Education Support Services.
Currie, Helen; Danaher, P. A. – MCT, 2001
Argues that the British government's school improvement agenda, manifested through changes to funding of migrant education, contradicts and hinders its social inclusion policy. After describing migrant education funding and discussing migrant student access and achievement, the paper concludes that until the education system responds to the needs…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Financial Support
Raising Ethnic Minority Achievement in a Small Education Action Zone.
Threlfall, Chris – MCT, 2001
Describes how one English school district took advantage of a small Education Action Zone (a partnership between eight schools, the local education authority, the private sector, a community sector, and a college of education) to develop successful initiatives for minority students who arrived midyear and needed support in order to achieve in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Diversity (Student), Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
Raising Ethnic Minority Attainment: The Role of Curriculum 2000.
Peacey, Nick – MCT, 2000
Describes the revision of the National Curriculum in England and discusses the potential of the revised curriculum for raising the achievement of ethnic minority students. The curriculum demonstrates a clear commitment to the education of minorities and includes provisions for citizenship and health education. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, British National Curriculum, Citizenship Education, Educational Attainment
Two Important New Documents Reviewed: OFSTED and TTA.
Eggleston, John; Klein, Gillian – MCT, 2000
Reviews the OFSTED document, "Educational Inequality: Mapping Race, Class and Gender. A Synthesis of Research Evidence," (which examines the persistent inequality between the main ethnic populations within English schools) and the Teacher Training Agency document, "Raising the Attainment of Minority Ethnic Pupils: Guidance and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Diversity (Student), Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
Futures Thinking: Consideration of the Impact of Educational Change on Black and Minority Ethnic Achievement.
Vieler-Porter, Chris – MCT, 2001
Discusses the potential of information and communications technology (ICT) and the World Wide Web to offer positive alternatives in contemporary British schools that are failing their black and minority group students. Describes the advantages of ICT and looks at future changes in the teaching profession and changes in the curriculum that will…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Computer Uses in Education, Diversity (Student)