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Rolleston, Caine; Krutikova, Sofya – Oxford Review of Education, 2014
Levels of basic literacy and numeracy skills among Vietnamese primary school children are high by comparison with other countries of a similar income level, and the country has made impressive gains in primary enrollment in recent years as well as improving the quality of schooling. Nonetheless, there remain substantial gaps in school performance…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gap, Foreign Countries, Primary Education
Schachter, Ron – District Administration, 2009
Last year, fifth-graders at the Herricks Union Free School District in New Hyde Park, New York, studied the U.S. presidential primaries while following elections in Zimbabwe, Pakistan and Kenya. At South Brunswick High School in Southport, North Carolina, history students discuss battles of the Civil War via live teleconferences with counterparts…
Descriptors: Private Schools, Free Schools, International Programs, Elections
Winn, Sandra K. – Online Submission, 2008
In 1997, fifteen council meetings were observed and recorded at the Albany Free School and subsequently analyzed. Unbeknownst to the school, the council meetings were found to be very similar to what Lawrence Kohlberg had in mind when he developed his Just Community Model. This article discusses how this council meeting forum compares to…
Descriptors: Free Schools, College Governing Councils, Student Participation, Teacher Student Relationship