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Riddell, Sheila; Weedon, Elisabet – Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, 2017
Since the re-establishment of the Scottish Parliament in 1999, successive administrations have reaffirmed their commitment to social justice. However, despite high-level equality policies, social-class inequality is a major feature of Scottish society, affecting all social policy domains, including education. In this article, we provide a brief…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Special Needs Students, Disabilities, Identification
Singh, Parlo; Märtsin, Mariann; Glasswell, Kathryn – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2015
This paper examines collaborative researcher-practitioner knowledge work around assessment data in culturally diverse, low socio-economic school communities in Queensland, Australia. Specifically, the paper draws on interview accounts about the work of a cohort of school-based researchers who acted as mediators bridging knowledge flows between a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High Stakes Tests, Educational Researchers, Student Evaluation
Yong, Zhong; Jie, Xie – Chinese Education & Society, 2017
This paper presents a case study of the microeconomy of a typical underdeveloped village in southwest China and the role of elementary education in the village economy. The paper begins with a brief review of relevant theories on the economics of education and the current social conditions and state of education in the village under study, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Poverty, Outcomes of Education, Private Financial Support
Perumal, Juliet – Education and Urban Society, 2016
"Education Before Liberation" became the mantra of the struggle against apartheid oppression in South Africa. Apartheid policies predestined the Black majority to servitude and dehumanization. The advent of democracy heralded a plethora of transformative curriculum policies with the express intent to counter the destiny that the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Critical Theory, Democracy, Teacher Characteristics
Mbokazi, Zakhele – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2015
This paper argues that the success of schools in disadvantaged township communities is shaped by an interplay of four dimensions: strategy, regulation, pedagogy and compensation. The paper presents these dimensions of successful leadership in secondary schools by drawing on a research study focusing on cases of three Soweto township secondary…
Descriptors: Success, Leadership Effectiveness, Secondary Schools, Disadvantaged Environment
Smyth, John; McInerney, Peter – Journal of Education Policy, 2014
This paper addresses the vexed educational policy aspects of area-based "interventions (ABIs) in neighbourhoods designated as "disadvantaged" in an Australian context. We find that the way in which the policy of ABIs is supposed to operate and impact education is highly problematic. What we present instead in this paper is a much…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Opportunities, Place Based Education, Intervention
Bertrand, Melanie; Perez, Wendy Y.; Rogers, John – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2015
Policy insiders across party lines increasingly acknowledge educational "gaps," yet they talk about this inequity in very different ways. Though some critique disparities through a structural lens, others use deficit discourse, blaming families of color and working-class families for educational outcomes. This study examines how state…
Descriptors: Social Class, Social Bias, Racial Bias, Educational Policy
Galletta, Anne; Jones, Vanessa – Educational Studies: Journal of the American Educational Studies Association, 2010
Our article is based on a study of our integration of social foundations coursework with filmmaking and participatory action research, bringing teacher candidates and middle and high school students together. The project was carried out in partnership between an urban university and two nearby public schools within a Midwestern city known for high…
Descriptors: Poverty, Urban Universities, Action Research, Nonprint Media
Robinson, Viviane; Ward, Lorrae – Journal of Educational Administration, 2005
Purpose: This study investigated the conceptions of governance that informed the practices of school trustees, and considered the extent to which those conceptions matched the policy imperatives that shaped New Zealand's school governance framework. Design/methodology/approach: Semi-structured interviews were undertaken with 32 participants in the…
Descriptors: Governance, Foreign Countries, Democratic Values, Board of Education Role