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Burke, Penny Jane, Ed.; Hayton, Annette, Ed.; Stevenson, Jacqueline, Ed. – Trentham Books, 2018
Evaluation is a contested field. This collection considers the relationship between evaluation and research, and the ethical and moral dilemmas raised when evaluating equity and widening participation in higher education. The growing demands for 'evidence of impact' frame expectations that we can justify government funding of particular…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Higher Education, Access to Education, Participation
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Wendt, Jillian L., Ed.; Apugo, Danielle L., Ed. – IGI Global, 2019
This title is an "IGI Global Core Reference for 2019" as it provides the timeliest, trending research around overcoming challenges within the urban educational system. Featuring real-world solutions and comprehensive coverage on teacher professional development, racial microaggressions, STEM, and diversity in elementary and secondary…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Faculty Development, Racial Bias, STEM Education
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Silin, Jonathan, Ed. – Bank Street College of Education, 2018
In this issue of the Occasional Paper Series describes practices and policies that impact the early schooling of children of immigrants in the United States. The authors consider the intersectionality of young children's lives and what needs to change in order to ensure that race, class, immigration status, gender, and dis/ability can effectively…
Descriptors: Young Children, Immigrants, Educational Policy, Educational Practices
Irby, Beverly, Ed.; Brown, Genevieve H., Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2011
The Research on Women and Education SIG of the American Educational Research Association presents the third book in its series, Gender and Early Learning Environments. Finding after the publication of Gender and Schooling in the Early Years, the second book in the series, that there was and is a paucity of published literature on early childhood…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Females, Early Childhood Education, Young Children
Morrison Institute for Public Policy, Arizona State University, 2008
In four Morrison Institute reports between 1997 and 2004, Phoenix area residents said their quality of life (QOL) was generally good. Some of the same questions were asked of the statewide Arizona Indicators Panel and are reported in this newsletter. In general, results mirror the positive levels of quality of life reported in the "Greater…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Quality of Life, Telephone Surveys, Questionnaires
Pianta, Robert C., Ed.; Cox, Martha J., Ed.; Snow, Kyle L., Ed. – Brookes Publishing Company, 2007
The follow-up to Pianta & Cox's groundbreaking "The Transition to Kindergarten," this book updates readers on what has happened in early childhood education in the past seven years; clarifies influential changes in demographics, policies, and practices; and describes promising early education programs and policies. More than 30 highly respected…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Early Childhood Education, Kindergarten, Educational Policy
Weis, Lois; Fine, Michelle; Lareau, Annette – 1992
In education, it is necessary to look at students who are marginalized, and excluded, who is centered or privileged, and how, through academic discourse, silences are created, sustained, and legitimized. The three papers in this collection explore the politics of silencing and voice in education. "It's More Covert Today': The Importance of…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Disadvantaged Youth, Economic Factors, Elementary Secondary Education
Walser, Nancy, Ed.; Chauncey, Caroline, Ed. – Harvard Education Press, 2007
Scratch the surface of a successful school and you will find a web of interactions that is the root of its success. Who is it that envisions, inspires, cajoles, and rallies all the various players in and around a school toward any improvement goal? Often it's a superintendent, a principal, a professor, a special teacher, or a parent. In a word,…
Descriptors: Homework, Parent Participation, Academic Achievement, Cooperation