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Direct linkTokunaga, Tomoko; Douthirt-Cohen, Beth – Equity & Excellence in Education, 2012
In 2003, the Japanese Ministry of Education accredited the high school diplomas of most "ethnic high schools," which are schools by and for specific ethnic minority populations, such as Korean, Brazilian, or Chinese students in Japan. Prior to this policy, diplomas from most ethnic high schools were not recognized by the Japanese…
Descriptors: High Schools, Equal Education, Foreign Countries, Minority Groups
Ofuji, Keiko – Journal of Gay & Lesbian Issues in Education, 2007
The "Dowa" (Human Rights) education program has become an effective method of changing concept and situations of "Burakumin," a group of people that has been discriminated against in Japan. One educational strategy was to speak out their personal stories, which has become a trigger to some sexual minority teachers to come out,…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Education Courses, Foreign Countries, Homosexuality
Gordon, June A. – Race, Ethnicity & Education, 2006
The "Burakumin," a culturally defined minority group among ethnic Japanese, face continued discrimination even as effective national policies and programs offering educational and social equity are terminated. Based on interviews and conversations in Japan with activist educators, teachers and administrators, the schooling for children…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Foreign Countries, Minority Groups, Social Discrimination
Peer reviewedIntegrated Education, 1983
Discusses problems in the Japanese educational system, such as increasing school violence, controversy over textbook revisions, budget cuts and the educational discrimination against minorities, particularly Burakumins and Koreans. (CMG)
Descriptors: Educational Discrimination, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedManatt, Richard P.; Manatt, Jackie – International Journal of Educational Reform, 1996
A 1995 study investigated the effects of downsized U.S. military forces on Department of Defense Dependents' schools; implementation of a Community Strategic Plan; personnel changes; controversial staff development initiatives; and the achievement gap between racial, ethnic, and gender groups. Findings and implications from visits to five schools…
Descriptors: Dependents Schools, Educational Finance, Equal Education, Foreign Countries
Download full textGlass, Gene V., Ed. – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2001
This document consists of articles 12-22 published in the electronic journal "Educational Policy Analysis Archives" for the year 2001: (12) "Affirmative Action at Work: Performance Audit of Two Minority Graduate Fellowship Programs, Illinois IMGIP and ICEOP" (Jack McKillip); (13) "School Reform Initiatives as Balancing…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Educational Change, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Kawamoto, Yoshikazu; Shimizu, Hidetada – Mid-Western Educational Researcher, 2004
Burakumin, Japan's largest minority group, have been discriminated against throughout Japanese history for engaging in jobs that were considered to be defiling, e.g., slaughterers, tanners, and undertakers. Specifically, burakumin played the social and occupational roles despised by the majority Japanese, but those without which the Japanese…
Descriptors: Asian Culture, Foreign Countries, Minority Groups, Social Bias
Amos, Jason, Ed. – Alliance for Excellent Education, 2007
"Straight A's: Public Education Policy and Progress" is a biweekly newsletter that focuses on education news and events both in Washington, DC and around the country. The following articles are included in this issue: (1) "Chance Favors the Prepared Mind": Report Finds that Students in the Highest-Achieving States Score As Well…
Descriptors: High Schools, Dropouts, Reading Achievement, Foreign Countries
Takaki, Ronald – 1993
The history of the United States is recounted from the viewpoint of the many peoples previously left out of the historical canon. The traditional Eurocentric viewpoint is turned inside out, beginning with the arrival of English strangers as seen by Native Americans. Also examined are the perspectives of African Americans, the Irish, Asians who…
Descriptors: Access to Education, American Indians, Asian Americans, Cultural Differences
