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| MCT | 3 |
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| Journal Articles | 3 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 3 |
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Cooke, Melanie; Peckham, Jane – MCT, 2001
Interviewed and surveyed staff, asylum-seeking/refugee English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) students, and ESOL students who came for other reasons at one British college, examining why the college's ESOL provision featured separate programs for the two groups. Discusses: the consequences of this divide; teacher discourses; alternative…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Diversity (Student), English (Second Language), Equal Education
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
Richardson, Robin – MCT, 2002
Discusses the United Kingdom's Race Relations Amendment Act, which is intended to ensure equal education for all, noting that it does not recognize the role of cultural diversity in race relations. Examines how local education authorities, schools, and colleges can ensure that their race equality policies do not repeat and perpetuate the gaps and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Cultural Differences, Diversity (Student), Educational Legislation
