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Chong, Sylvia N. Y.; Cheah, Horn Mun – New Horizons in Education, 2010
Background: Singapore is experiencing great demographic change. These demographic trends show fewer young people and declining birth rates, greater longevity for ageing generations and an increase in the number of non-Singaporean residents. Statistics also show that more than half of the total population increase in the last decades was…
Descriptors: Population Trends, Birth Rate, Lifelong Learning, Cultural Pluralism
Ornstein, Allan C. – Principal, 1982
The new wave of youngsters in city schools will require remedial help out of proportion to the financial and political resources that cities will be able to invest in schools. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Disadvantaged Youth, Economic Factors, Elementary Education
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Mueller, Milan; Rackerby, Deborah – Educational Planning, 1989
The Los Angeles Unified School District contracted with GeoBased Systems to produce an enrollment projection model based on a set of assumptions regarding fertility, mortality, and migration for each of four ethnic groups. This article discusses the data, methodology, and results used by individual schools to project student numbers. (MLH)
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Census Figures, Databases, Educational Planning
Beale, Calvin L. – Rural Development Perspectives, 1985
Examines and explains unexpected population trends since 1970: substantial rural and small-town growth, regional shifts to the South and West, lower birth rates, increased life expectancy, smaller household size, and population growth from immigration. Illustrates how demographic events offer classic examples of the difficulty of predicting human…
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Family Size, Immigrants, Long Range Planning
Doran, Bernadette – American School Board Journal, 1982
It looks as if the U.S. might be in for a small but significant (for schools) rise in birth rates. (Author)
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Contraception, Declining Enrollment, Educational Trends
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Clark, William A. V. – California Agriculture, 2000
Presents demographic information on California's increasing population and ethnic diversity. Describes age pyramids and fertility rates by ethnic group, indicating that Asians and Hispanics will comprise over two-thirds of the state's population by 2030. Discusses implications for education, teenage pregnancy, political representation, prenatal…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Birth Rate, Educational Trends, Ethnic Groups