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Duncan, Ronald J., Ed. – 1979
This monograph contains seven papers presented at a 1977 symposium held to reevaluate the 1947 research work, "The People of Puerto Rico." (1) Sidney Mintz discusses the role of Puerto Rico in modern social science. (2) Eric Wolf, one of the authors of the 1947 work, comments retrospectively on some of the conceptual and methodological…
Descriptors: Anthropology, Colonialism, Cultural Traits, Marxism
Johnson, Nan E., Ed.; Wang, Ching-li, Ed. – 1997
This book includes studies of globalization-related social changes in rural areas of the United States and other countries and implications of these studies for sociological theory. Although no chapter focuses exclusively on education, education-related themes include rural school dropouts and intergenerational poverty, the migration of rural…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Employment Patterns, Farmers, Foreign Countries
Direct linkda Silva, Carol DeShano, Ed.; Huguley, James Philip, Ed.; Kakli, Zenub, Ed.; Rao, Radhika, Ed. – Harvard Education Press, 2007
"The Opportunity Gap" aims to shift attention from the current overwhelming emphasis on schools in discussions of the achievement gap to more fundamental questions about social and educational opportunity. The achievement gap looms large in the current era of high-stakes testing and accountability. Yet questions persist: Has the…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Educational Opportunities, High Stakes Tests, Accountability
