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Lee, Jin; Jang, Youn Joo – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2017
While the importance of early childhood education is well documented, scant attention is afforded to the access to institutions for early childhood education. Uneven distribution of institutions for early childhood education in segregated metropolitan areas can cause inequality of educational opportunity. By using the Geographic Information System…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Equal Education, Access to Education, Early Childhood Education
Frase, Katharine G., Ed.; Latanision, Ronald M., Ed.; Pearson, Greg, Ed. – National Academies Press, 2017
The vitality of the innovation economy in the United States depends on the availability of a highly educated technical workforce. A key component of this workforce consists of engineers, engineering technicians, and engineering technologists. However, unlike the much better-known field of engineering, engineering technology (ET) is unfamiliar to…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Innovation, Technology Education, Employment Opportunities
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Lareau, Annette; Adia Evans, Shani; Yee, April – Sociology of Education, 2016
Empirical research on cultural and social capital has generally ignored the key role of institutions in setting standards that determine the contingent value of this capital. Furthermore, many studies presume that the yielding of profit from cultural, social, and economic capital is automatic. Bourdieu's concept of field highlights the ''rules of…
Descriptors: Middle Class, Parent Attitudes, Kindergarten, Urban Areas
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Gajda, Rebbeca; Militello, Matthew – AASA Journal of Scholarship & Practice, 2008
Research indicates that the leadership of a school principal is a determining factor in school effectiveness, second only to the role of a student's classroom teacher. Yet, the species of "principal" is dwindling. National reports indicate that a great number of schools and districts are experiencing a shortage of a qualified pool of…
Descriptors: Expenditure per Student, Supply and Demand, School Effectiveness, Educational Quality