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Härmä, Joanna – Comparative Education, 2016
The rise in low-fee private (LFP) primary schooling serving relatively poor clients is becoming well-documented. However much of this literature focuses on urban areas whose dense populations are favourable to market growth and competition. This paper goes some way to filling a gap in the literature on whether LFP schools are serving the needs of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Choice, Private Schools, Rural Areas
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Hansen, Mette Halskov; Woronov, T. E. – Comparative Education, 2013
The Chinese government is pouring resources into building vocational education at all levels of the Chinese educational system. Based on ethnographic fieldwork conducted in three vocational secondary schools in 2007-2012, this article compares rural and urban schools to highlight the persistent urban-rural divide in implementing vocational…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Rural Schools, Urban Schools, Vocational Education