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Policy, Practice and the "Revolving Classroom Door": Examining the Relationship between Aboriginal Spatiality and the Mainstream Education System
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Prout, Sarah – Australian Journal of Education, 2009
Indigenous academic outcomes are in many ways negotiated at the interface between student spatialities--including their residential patterns and choices--and the mainstream school system. The current model of education delivery rewards regular attendance at well resourced schools. Conversely, sporadic interactions with under-resourced schools…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Residential Patterns, Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries
Student Displacement in Louisiana after the Hurricanes of 2005: Experiences of Public Schools and Their Students. Technical Report
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Pane, John F.; McCaffrey, Daniel F.; Tharp-Taylor, Shannah; Asmus, Gary J.; Stokes, Billy R. – RAND Corporation, 2006
The purpose of this technical report is to provide timely documentation of many of the short-term effects of the movements of students that occurred as part of the displacement of storm victims. The report will help guide educators and policymakers in their ongoing responses to this disaster and preparations for future events. Focusing on the…
Descriptors: Public Education, Information Systems, Public Schools, Natural Disasters
Residence and Migration of First-Time Freshmen Enrolled in Higher Education Institutions: Fall 1992. E.D. TABS.
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Korb, Roslyn – 1995
This report presents 10 tables of data on the residence and migration of first-time college freshmen in the fall of 1992 using data from the residency portion of the "Fall Enrollment" survey of the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). The data are presented by state, by control and level of institution, for all…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Differences, Enrollment, Higher Education
Economic and Occupational Aspects of Recent Inmigration to Maine.
Ploch, Louis A. – 1985
Inmigration to Maine was found to have altered population distribution, increased the proportion of younger, highly educated persons, and provided a pool of professional/managerial persons for community involvement. Data gathered from 417 persons moving into Maine during the July through December period of either 1980 or 1983 showed inmigrants to…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Community Change, Economic Factors, Employment Patterns
Inmigration to Maine. Motivations for Moving, Satisfactions, Participation.
Ploch, Louis A. – 1985
Out-of-state persons moving to Maine during the July through December period of either 1980 or 1983 were queried to determine why they chose Maine, what their levels of satisfaction were with life in Maine, and in what activities they participated or planned to participate. The majority of the 417 survey respondents were from large counties in the…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Satisfaction, Family Mobility, Geographic Location
Mexican Immigration to Southern California: Issues of Job Competition and Worker Mobility. Impacts of Immigration in California.
Manson, Donald M.; And Others – 1985
Characteristics that would tend to place Mexican immigrants in direct competition with native workers for jobs at the bottom of the wage and skill hierarchy are their numbers, their largely undocumented status, low education and skill levels, and poor English-speaking ability. Using regression analysis, 1980 Census data were analyzed to determine…
Descriptors: Blacks, Economic Factors, Educational Attainment, Employment Opportunities