Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ616324
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Publication Date: 2000
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The United States and South Africa: Pursuing Quality and Equity in Education.
Collinson, Vivienne; Vakalisa, Ntombizolile
International Journal of Educational Reform, v9 n3 p213-19 Jul 2000
Addresses three critical issues challenging South African and U.S. efforts to improve teacher quality: equity, demographics, and violence. Both countries want education to ameliorate long-standing racial inequities by improving teacher qualifications; both face increasing enrollments and teacher shortages; and both have high crime rates. (Contains 22 references.) (MLH)
Descriptors: Crime, Democratic Values, Demography, Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Policy, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Human Capital, Immigration, Language Minorities, Policy Formation, Racial Discrimination, Standards, Teacher Distribution, Teacher Education, Teacher Improvement, Teacher Shortage, Violence
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: South Africa; United States
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