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Direct linkGuimaraes, Paula – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2012
This paper is a reflection on recent Portuguese policy on adult education. It explores the policy discussion at the national level from 1999 and in particular after 2005, when the New Opportunities Initiative ("Iniciativa Novas Oportunidades" in Portuguese) was adopted and European Union (EU) guidelines were given considerable emphasis.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Education, Educational Policy, Popular Education
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Download full textSimmons, Ronald D., Jr. – Florida Journal of Educational Administration & Policy, 2009
The issue of school achievement among k-12 English language learners (ELLs) has grown in recent years to become one that policy makers and school officials can hardly afford to ignore. A range of indicators including graduation rates, and Florida's High stakes test the FCAT, attests to this general trend. English language learners in Florida are…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Compensatory Education, Inservice Teacher Education
Stromquist, Nelly P. – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2004
This article presents a regional analysis of educational inequalities in Latin America, drawing on a variety of sources at the national and cross-national levels. It traces how inequalities in education tend to manifest themselves and which population groups tend to be the most affected. The persistence of inequalities is a curious social…
Descriptors: Social Class, Private Schools, Equal Education, Economically Disadvantaged
