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Pailwar, Veena K.; Mahajan, Vandana – International Education Journal, 2005
Education has been identified as one of the primary agents of transformation towards development. However, low level of literacy and education is one of the major challenges facing most of the underdeveloped countries. Active community involvement and participation has emerged as an effective mechanism in improving the sustainable level of…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Foreign Countries, Community Study, Community Needs
Ferguson, Ronald F. – Harvard Education Press, 2007
For the past 15 years, economist Ronald Ferguson has investigated the myriad factors that combine to create racial disparities in academic performance. Beginning with his analysis of the impact of test scores in predicting racial wage gaps, Ferguson has explored how rates of progress in narrowing gaps have varied over the recent decades, the roles…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gap, Change Strategies, Educational Change
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Sifuna, Daniel N. – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2006
The paper provides a comprehensive review of the major obstacles that hinder the participation of girls and women in higher education in Kenya. This is on the basis that their low participation in this level of education is a key constraint to the development of the country. While it is reckoned that girls' and women's education is inextricably…
Descriptors: Barriers, Womens Education, Females, Participation
Rose, David H., Ed.; Meyer, Anne, Ed.; Hitchcock, Chuck, Ed. – Harvard Education Press, 2005
This book addresses crucial questions about how to create full access to the general education curriculum for children with disabilities. Based on years of research and innovation at CAST (The Center for Applied Special Technology), the book provides a helpful overview of the digital solutions that are at the forefront of efforts to create…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Educational Policy, Disabilities, General Education
Palmer, W. P. – Online Submission, 1997
This paper relates to some thoughts about the very different access to communication that those living in developing countries have as compared with those living in developed countries. I advocate using information technology in within my own teaching in Australia, yet from my experiences in developing countries, I know how limited access to any…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developing Nations, Developed Nations, Computer Mediated Communication
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Stromquist, Nelly P. – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2004
This article presents a regional analysis of educational inequalities in Latin America, drawing on a variety of sources at the national and cross-national levels. It traces how inequalities in education tend to manifest themselves and which population groups tend to be the most affected. The persistence of inequalities is a curious social…
Descriptors: Social Class, Private Schools, Equal Education, Economically Disadvantaged
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Ginger, Jan – Forum on Public Policy Online, 2006
Secondary content teachers want to accommodate their special education students. They know that their classrooms provide the "least restrictive environment" specified by Public Law 94-142. They understand that inclusion is federally mandated and, even more importantly, often seen as necessary for teens to reach their full potential as…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Inclusion, Mainstreaming, Secondary School Teachers
Neild, Ruth Curran; Useem, Elizabeth; Travers, Eva F.; Lesnick, Joy – Research for Action, 2003
This report examines the current status of teacher quality in the city and what the School District of Philadelphia is now doing to ensure that all classrooms have highly trained, motivated, and knowledgeable teachers ready to boost the achievement of the district's 188,000 students.The report shows that teacher quality in Philadelphia has not…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Persistence, Collective Bargaining, Faculty Mobility
Akkari, Abdeljalil – International Education Journal, 2004
This paper investigates the educational development in the Middle East and North Africa, drawing on data from different international and national institutions. The paper begins with a review of similarities between countries within the region, and continues by investigating the situation of basic education, literacy rates and quality of…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Educational Development, Private Education, Foreign Countries
Jones, Narelle; Maxwell, Bev; Palmer, Bill – Online Submission, 1996
The People's Republic of China has seen a dramatic growth in its economy in recent years. It has a rapidly increasing population of approximately 1.2 billion people, though the population is still largely rural with about 80% of people living outside urban areas. China in its Education Law (1995) restated its commitment to universal education. In…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Foreign Countries, Access to Education, Enrollment Trends
McArdle, Nancy – Civil Rights Project at Harvard University, 2004
People of color make up a vital and growing part of Metro Boston's workforce, yet they face substantial challenges in obtaining employment (especially in faster-growing and higher-paying sectors), in reaching locations of rapid job growth, and in earning a livable income. Latinos and blacks face the greatest hurdles, yet certain Asian populations…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Labor Market, Minority Groups, Racial Discrimination
Pardhan, Almina – International Education Journal, 2005
Schooling for girls is a relatively recent process in Booni Valley, a remote mountainous village in Chitral District, Pakistan. It is impacting greatly upon the lives of the women. This study has taken an ethnographic perspective and has assumed that an understanding of women's schooling requires a detailed, in-depth account of women's actual…
Descriptors: Females, Foreign Countries, Language Usage, Womens Education
Cervantes, Angelica; Creusere, Marlena; McMillion, Robin; McQueen, Carla; Short, Matt; Steiner, Matt; Webster, Jeff – TG (Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation), 2005
The Higher Education Act (HEA) of 1965 has opened the doors of higher education to millions of academically qualified students. Like most bills that pass Congress, the HEA had resulted from numerous compromises. Congress has had several opportunities to review and modify the legislation over the years, but a solid foundation had been laid in 1965…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Equal Education, Higher Education, Student Financial Aid
New England Resource Center for Higher Education, 2001
[New England Resource Center for Higher Education's] NERCHE's think tank members recently participated in a discussion of the competitive forces driving change in higher education. The discussion, facilitated by The Futures Project: Policy for Higher Education in a Changing World (www.futuresproject.org), revealed tremendous concern among faculty…
Descriptors: Student Financial Aid, Access to Education, Equal Education, Barriers
Jutting, Johannes: Morrisson, Christian – OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2005
One of the long-standing priorities of the international community is to reduce gender disparity in developing countries. Yet, the overall picture is still gloomy: women continue to be excluded from access to resources and employment and are denied basic human rights. This Policy Brief explains why progress has been so minimal and what should be…
Descriptors: Empowerment, Freedom, Females, Foreign Countries
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