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Qian, Liu – Chinese Education & Society, 2017
Based on surveys and field work conducted in District C of Beijing City, the author identifies migrant children's social assimilation obstacles according to distinct school types: each school type offers different quality educational resources and is composed of migrant students at different socioeconomic levels. The survey data show that migrant…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Integration, Children, Migrant Workers
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Trafi-Prats, Laura – Studies in Art Education: A Journal of Issues and Research in Art Education, 2012
This study uses an interdisciplinary framework inspired by Ranciere (1991, 2009, 2010) ideas such as "intellectual equality," "redistribution of the sensible," and "aesthetic heterogenesis" to analyze the production of video-narratives of self and place within a group of Latino eight-year-olds attending public school…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Portraiture, Creative Activities, Urban Youth
Francois, Chantal – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Reading underachievement among adolescent students, particularly in urban areas, has been well documented in the literature. This reality points to two problems: Schools possess neither the capacity needed to prepare students for higher education and the workforce, nor the ability to help students view literacy as a tool for critical thinking,…
Descriptors: Urban Areas, Urban Schools, Urban Youth, Adolescents
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Jones, Robin R.; Portz, John; Stein, Lana – Urban Affairs Review, 1997
Comparative analyses of civic support for public education in Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania), Boston (Massachusetts), and St. Louis (Missouri) show how civic support develops or fails to develop, and highlights institution building and focus on education by the business sector as essential components of civic activation behalf of public education. (SLD)
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Comparative Analysis, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Barnes, Keith D. – 1980
A comprehensive analysis of the state of school guidance and counseling emphasizing career guidance and counseling involved a literature search, compilation of current educational statistical data, a national survey of large city career counseling services, visitations and direct communication with school guidance personnel, and interviews with…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Education, Career Guidance, Community Influence