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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"elite-schools"”.
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The leadership habitus of principals in elite contexts: an exploration of practice in four schools
… and compare leadership practices in four elite schools, in order to investigate the relationship between the practices of school leaders, their histories and the contexts in which they lead.
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Race-neutral policies and elite high schools: Who are the beneficiaries?
Five of the best high schools in Illinois are part of Chicago Public Schools (CPS) and are part of an elite category also known as Selective Enrollment High Schools (SEHS). In 2009, CPS was released from the consent decree that governed it for more than twenty-nine years. A race-conscious policy …
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The Effect of Elite Secondary School Programs on University Outcomes in Hungary
… to educate the best and brightest in the cohort: elite schools have competitive learning environments and highly selective admissions such as grammar schools in the UK and exam schools in the USA. Elite schools are of great interest to educational researchers and policymakers, although the results …
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Essays on the Economics of the National Basketball Association (N.B.A.): Testing for Inefficiencies in the N.B.A. Labor Market
… players who attended what I consider to be “elite college basketball programs” to those who had offers to play at one of these elite programs but instead chose to attend another school. The research was partially motivated by an earlier study that looked at the financial effects of attending …
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Playing the field: the responses of elite, girls-only secondary schools to the shifting landscape of an increasingly globalised, post-apartheid South Africa
This study investigates the responses of elite, girls-only secondary schools in Cape Town to the shifting landscape of an increasingly globalised, post-apartheid South Africa, from the perspective of their principals. It sketches the shifts due to neoliberal globalisation and the socio-political …
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Entrance examinations in prewar Japan, late Meiji to 1941
… that it extended beyond the few who entered the elite schools. In a direct or indirect manner, the tests affected the education of most elementary school students. Official criticism of this extensive influence was followed by vigorous reform efforts from the late 1920s. Despite these attempts, …
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Essays on Education Markets
… (COMIPEMS). The uneven spatial distribution of elite high schools, combined with students' sensitivity to commuting distance when making applications, results in high-achieving students from distant areas being significantly underrepresented in elite schools. By assuming the observed matching is …
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Making meaning of gender-based violence: Elite subjectivity and gender performance in a Canadian private school
… the scope of sexual harassment and sexism in schools to support my daughter through her experience of gender-based violence. Situated in an elite, Canadian private school, in the heart of a large urban city in Southern Ontario, this five-month study examines how “smart” Grade 7 and 8 Oak Lane …