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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
Borman, Kathryn M., Ed.; Obermiller, Phillip J., Ed. – 1994
This book consists of 14 essays that focus on the condition of urban Appalachians (former migrants to cities from Appalachia and their descendants). Chapters address issues of health, environment, education, and cultural identity in an urban Appalachian context, and are meant to be a resource for educators and health and human service…
Descriptors: Blacks, Cultural Background, Delivery Systems, Demography