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Download full textOpen Society Justice Initiative, 2012
Roma children in the Czech Republic are funneled into so-called "practical schools"--dead-end institutions where they are taught a limited, low-level curriculum. The experience leaves students unqualified for all but the most basic jobs and traps generations in a cycle of poverty and hopelessness. In 1999, 18 children from the eastern…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Minority Group Students, Ethnic Groups, At Risk Students
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Direct linkStrakova, Jana; Tomasek, Vladislav; Willms, J. Douglas – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2006
One of the most frequently studied factors relating to the rise of educational inequalities is the selectivity of the education system. Selectivity often gives rise to inequalities in educational opportunities. The Czech Republic exhibits large inequalities in educational achievement and relatively steep socio-economic gradients in all…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Socioeconomic Influences, Educational Opportunities
