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Barthes, Angela, Ed.; Champollion, Pierre, Ed.; Alpe, Yves, Ed. – John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2018
The book weaves the story of the complex links between education and its territories. The aim here is to examine the education couple -- understood in the broadest sense: school, college, high school, universities -- and territory, according to three main axes: the history and the characterization of the different ties maintained and which the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Geographic Regions, Regional Characteristics, School Location
Dongping, Yang, Ed.; Chunqing, Chai, Ed.; Yinnian, Zhu, Ed. – BRILL, 2009
China's education system has grown increasingly complex, creating the need for an annual critical review of the education system by China's top scholars. The "Blue Book of Education," as it is known in Chinese, has gained a reputation for offering the most penetrating perspective in China on educational reform and development. In this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Development, Yearbooks, Educational Change
Stephens, E. Robert; Turner, Walter G. – 1988
The rural school superintendency is, in many ways, as demanding and difficult as the urban superintendency. Chapter 1 of this book provides a working definition of a rural small school district, an estimation of the number of rural systems in the nation that fit the criteria, and a profile of rural small school superintendents. Chapter 2 discusses…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Educational Administration, Educational Change, Educational Policy
Reimers, Fernando, Ed. – 2000
This book aims to unveil some of the intricacies and paradoxes in the links among education, poverty, and inequality in the Americas by offering a current account of the status of educational opportunities for low-income groups. The goal is to offer various frameworks to conceptualize the dynamics of educational inequality at the micro-level and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, American Indian Education, Disadvantaged Schools, Educational Attainment
Lecht, Leonard A. – 1975
Written before the congressional deliberations which resulted in changes in the Vocational Education Act, this report makes the recommendations for national priorities of vocational education legislation. The report is in two general sections: (1) A National Planning Association (NPA) joint statement entitled "Strengthening Vocational…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Planning, Educational Policy, Enrollment