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Unsettling the Urban-Rural Dichotomy for Indigenous Education and Education for Reconciliation
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Kim, Eun-Ji Amy; Layman, Eric W. – Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 2022
The urban/rural dichotomy used in framing Indigenous educational issues is becoming increasingly untenable and deserving of scrutiny. Indigenous urban education follows initiatives derived from rural areas with the assumption that rural Indigenous education programs are pure or authentic. Without a critical examination of power relations, the flow…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Urban Education, Rural Urban Differences, Indigenous Knowledge
Discursive (Re)Productions of (Im)Possible Students in the Canadian Prairies
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Gebhard, Amanda – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2019
This article applies post-structural theories of discourse, power, and performativity to trouble dominant ways of knowing Aboriginal education in the Canadian Prairies that racialize student subjects. A discourse analysis of interview transcripts traces how discourses of innocent teachers and (im)possible Aboriginal learners deploy the historicity…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Power Structure, Performance, Indigenous Populations
Putting "No Child Left Behind" behind Us: Rethinking Education and Inequality
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Leathersood, Darnell; Payne, Charles – Grantee Submission, 2016
This review examines four books that may offer some insight into what the discussion about educational policy, reform, and performance may look like after the era of No Child Left Behind (NCLB). Collectively, "The Allure of Order: High Hopes, Dashed Expectations, and the Troubled Quest to Remake American Schooling" by Jal Mehta,…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Policy
Education and Poverty in Affluent Countries. Routledge Research in Education
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Raffo, Carlo, Ed.; Dyson, Alan, Ed.; Gunter, Helen, Ed.; Hall, Dave, Ed.; Jones, Lisa, Ed.; Kalambouka, Afroditi, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
For the first time, researchers, policymakers and practitioners across the world will have access to a comprehensive mapping of research evidence and policy strategies about education and poverty in affluent countries. Although there is widespread agreement that poverty and poor educational outcomes are related, there are competing explanations as…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Disadvantaged Schools, Poverty, Educational Objectives
Urban Science Education Studies: A Commitment to Equity, Social Justice and a Sense of Place.
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Barton, Angela Calabrese – Studies in Science Education, 2002
Identifies what "urban science education studies" means and reviews 46 articles representing the nature of urban science education based on the questions asked, research frameworks, guiding assumptions, and findings. Discusses educational equity and challenges regarding policy and enactments, goals of school science, and what to teach in…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Foreign Countries
Emerging Trends in the Administration of Canadian School Systems.
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Andrews, John H.M. – 1969
Emerging trends in the administration of Canadian school systems is the subject of this address. The topic is restricted to three major areas of educational change: the expansion of the function of education in society, the fundamental reorganization of educational programs, and the new organizational problems centered around increasing…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development