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School Research Newsletter, 1981
A cohort of students was monitored throughout their nine-year comprehensive school career to investigate social segregation in Swedish schools. The study began in the school year 1972-73 and the students came from six large municipalities: Stockholm, Botkyrka, Lidingo, Malmo, Linkoping, and Boras. It found that, despite reforms allowing all…
Descriptors: Educational Discrimination, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Individualized Instruction
UNICEF News, 1985
Focusing on the multiple roles and situations of the world's women, this collection of articles examines the current status of women, throughout the world. In the first article, "It's Not as Simple as You Think" (John Richardson), women in Brazil and Costa Rica explain issues they face in the struggle to improve their economic and social…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Developing Nations
Download full textCurrent Population Reports, 1987
This report presents statistics on social and economic characteristics of the population below the poverty level in 1985 based on the March 1986 Current Population Survey (CPS). The data in the report consist of cross classifications of poverty status by such characteristics as age, race, sex, family relationship, educational attainment, work…
Descriptors: Client Characteristics (Human Services), Disadvantaged Youth, Economic Factors, Economically Disadvantaged
Zavaleta, Antonio N.; And Others – Hispanic Research Center: Research Bulletin, 1981
This issue of the Hispanic Research Center's journal contains three articles which explore diversity among Hispanic American groups (Puerto Ricans, Cubans, and Mexicans) in health status, family structure, and socioeconomic characteristics. In the lead article, "Variations in Hispanic Health Status," Antonio Zavaleta examines differences in…
Descriptors: Cubans, Demography, Educational Attainment, Ethnic Groups
Thoman, Elizabeth, Ed.; Silver, Rosalind, Ed. – Media & Values, 1988
This issue of "Media & Values" explores the influence of mass media on the perceptions about cultural pluralism and ethnic diversity in society. The essays present various interpretations of that influence and the implications for the society. Articles include: (1) "Promoting Pluralism" (Joseph Giordano; Irving M. Levine); (2) "Does TV Shape…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Cultural Pluralism, Ethnic Groups, Ethnic Relations
National Swedish Board of Education, Stockholm. – 1979
Interim results of a longitudinal study of the effects of socioeconomic segregation in six Swedish urban municipalities are reported in this document. The empirical work discussed includes interviews with school staffs and the collection of public data concerning schools and pupils in the Swedish cities. The studies focus on the student population…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, De Facto Segregation, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
Little, Loyd, Ed. – Early Developments, 1999
This document consists of the three 1999 issues of a journal reporting new research in early child development conducted by the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Articles in the Winter 1999 issue focus on the transition to kindergarten and first grade, including adjustment issues;…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Health, Cultural Differences, Early Childhood Education
