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Showing 1 to 20 of 24 for “"education inequality"”.
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The Social Reproduction of Education Inequality: Still Separate Still Unequal
<p>Citing Brown v. The Board of Education and Lewis Terman's The Measurement of Intelligence as theoretical rationale, this critical observation examines my experience as a teacher within a classroom setting. By comparing reflective teacher anecdotes and current literature, the success of European …
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Children's Capabilities and Education Inequality: How Types of Schooling Play a Role in Pakistan
… of the Capabilities Approach to a southern educational context, aiming to answer how children’s capabilities differ across different types of schooling (public, private and religious) in Pakistan. While conventional research on education in the country dwells on aspects like economic returns …
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Redesigning the United States Department of Education for localized ideation through user-centric research and organizational design
Education inequality in the United States is a complex challenge to tackle, and one that a centralized enterprise isn't always equipped to address. The United States Department of Education has a mission to bring a quality, globally-competitive education to all students in the US, but leaves to the …
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Parent preferences and school segregation
… since the 1980s. The New York City Department of Education (DOE) has taken steps to desegregate schools since a 2014 report by the UCLA Civil Rights Project named New York State the state with the most segregated schools. Though the DOE is doing more to address segregation than most districts, …
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Teacher education and competence in an intercultural perspective: some reflections in Brazil and the UK
… to discuss the concept of competence in teacher education concerned with the preparation of teachers to deal with cultural diversity. It will focus particularly on the roles of educational theory and school experience in the development of that concept. The literature review discusses these roles …
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Teachers’ formative assessment of reading comprehension in Chile: challenges and opportunities
… was seen as necessary considering Chile’s education inequality. Interviews, assessment material analysis and classroom observations were selected as research methods. The data collected were analysed using thematic and discourse analysis. The research findings suggest that teachers’ …
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Digital finance and welfare in Sub-Saharan Africa
… is proxied by the human development index and an inequality-adjusted human development index to establish the effect of inequality on welfare and financial inclusion. The fixed-effect regressions were conducted on a panel of 41 sub-Saharan countries for the years 2011, 2014 and 2017, to explore …
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Essays on the effects of parental education and private tutoring on children's education outcomes, and the rural-urban student achievement differential in China
… which are self-contained but all related to education inequality in China. Chapter 2 aims to examine the causal effect (nurture effect) of parental education on children's education. Parents and their children share many common characteristics which are often unobserved -- this causes the …
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Essays on the effects of parental education and private tutoring on children's education outcomes, and the rural-urban student achievement differential in China
… which are self-contained but all related to education inequality in China. Chapter 2 aims to examine the causal effect (nurture effect) of parental education on children's education. Parents and their children share many common characteristics which are often unobserved -- this causes the …
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Cycles of Punishment: Understanding the mechanisms and relationship between school suspensions and juvenile justice and how it varies by student identity
… justice contact, has interested researchers and educational practitioners primary because of the negative impacts punishment can have on the life outcomes of students. Using a unique dataset of matched school and juvenile justice data, this dissertation challenges the “pipeline” or …
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"Caught on the wrong side of the property line: an analysis of the ""Akron mom"" case"
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Does Education Matter for Income Inequality? Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa
… impact on the lives of ordinary people. Income inequality has become a global challenge and the effects are felt in both developed and developing countries. The socioeconomic disparity between the rich and poor is pronounced in developing countries, and recent trends of growing inequality are …
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Essays on Child Labor and Inequality
… to calculate an asset index, and then offers an inequality analysis using the asset index. The second chapter provides a theoretical explanation of an odd relationship between child labor and per capita land holding in a household, and then provides empirical evidence for the explanation. …
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Factors that contribute to educational success for Hispanic students in Texas school districts
… study is to determine factors that contribute to educational success for Hispanic students in Texas school districts. The study applies and tests a synthesis of social capital and political resource theories to identify the structural determinants that impact positive educational outcomes. Three …
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Special Considerations in Gifted Identification: Increasing Access and Equitable Practices for Underrepresented Populations in an Urban School District
… are substantially unidentified for gifted education programs. The disparities in gifted education for underrepresented students persist despite the growth in schools across the country of low income and minority students. Despite efforts to tackle equity issues in gifted education the large …
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Telling Our Stories: Exploring the Path Toward Successful Mathematics Degree Attainment at an Under-Resourced Predominantly Black Institution
… related professions stems from an American educational system of inequity. Many Black students, including a substantial proportion of those who enroll at Predominantly Black Institutions, attend elementary and secondary schools in under-resourced districts with limited access to quality …
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Accessibility to schooling in South African rural areas
… social and economic activities. Accessibility to education constitutes one of the primordial links between the economic growth of a country and the development of high skilled population. Given South Africa's unique history, divisions throughout the landscape incapacitate inhabitants of rural …
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Class Matters: School Affluence and Other Predictors of Attainment for Wealthy and Poor Students
… segregated by socioeconomic status. Though the educational consequences of socioeconomic segregation are well researched, segregation is often ignored or exacerbated by education reform. To learn more about the wider implications of socioeconomic segregation, this study utilizes theoretical …
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Agentive Personhood: Finding Yourself Through Serving Others
… forefront of development and learning. I discuss educational spaces that give young learners the opportunity to recognize their ability to shift their perception of themselves and the world and lead to social change. I address this topic through the lens of my own experiences and the experiences …
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