Elusive Equity

Author : Edward B. Fiske,Helen F. Ladd
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Education
ISBN : 0815728409

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"Elusive Equity" chronicles South Africas efforts to fashion a racially equitable state education system from the ashes of apartheid. Edward Fiske and Helen Ladd draw on previously unpublished data, interviews with key officials, and visits to dozens of schools to describe the changes made in school finance, teacher assignment policies, governance, curriculum, higher education, and other areas.

Author : Edward B. Fiske,Helen F. Ladd
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2004-07-29
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780815796602

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Elusive Equity by Edward B. Fiske,Helen F. Ladd Pdf

Elusive Equity chronicles South Africa's efforts to fashion a racially equitable state education system from the ashes of apartheid. The policymakers who came to power with Nelson Mandela in 1994 inherited and education system designed to further the racist goals of apartheid. Their massive challenge was to transform that system, which lavished human and financial resources on schools serving white students while systematically starving those serving African, coloured, and Indian learners, into one that would offer quality education to all persons, regardless of their race. Edward Fiske and Helen Ladd describe and evaluate the strategies that South Africa pursued in its quest for racial equity. They draw on previously unpublished data, interviews with key officials, and visits to dozens of schools to describe the changes made in school finance, teacher assignment policies, governance, curriculum, higher education, and other areas. They conclude that the country has made remarkable progress toward equity in the sense of equal treatment of persons of all races. For several reasons, however, the country has been far less successful in promoting equal educational opportunity or educational adequacy. Thus equity has remained elusive. The book is unique in combining the perceptive observations of a skilled education journalist with the analytical skills of an academic policy expert. Richly textured descriptions of how South Africa's education reforms have affected schools at the grass-roots level are combined with careful analysis of enrollment, governance, and budget data at the school, provincial, and national levels. The result is a compelling and comprehensive study of South Africa's first decade of education reform in the post-apartheid period.

Author : Pandora B. Angel MD
Publisher : Archway Publishing
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2018-10-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781480868274

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Elusive Equity, Empathy, and Empowerment by Pandora B. Angel MD Pdf

Dr. Pandora B. Angel was a practicing physician for thirty years. She spent twenty-three of those years as an emergency physician at a university medical center and an affiliated hospital. In Elusive Equity, Empathy, and Empowerment, she shares the challenges she faced as a female emergency physician in what is still perceived as a male profession. Addressing the gender bias and inequality she experienced while striving for and achieving a career in medicine, this memoir addresses workforce power and control, double standards, gender bias, discrimination, the boys’ club, harassment, contrived narratives for predetermined goals, retaliation, disregard for objective data, and misconceptions. Through thoughtful vignettes, lessons, and appendices, this memoir explores the persistent culture of inequity in the workplace from Angel’s perspective as a female physician in a male-dominated field. Teaching tools and lessons are provided at the end of each chapter to stimulate wider discussions of inequality, harassment, bias, and discrimination that still occur.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Educational equalization
ISBN : UIUC:30112047233884

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Author : Thea Renda Abu El-Haj
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781136084188

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Elusive Justice by Thea Renda Abu El-Haj Pdf

Elusive Justice addresses how educators think about and act upon, differences in schools - be they based on race, gender, class, or disability - and how discourse and practice about such differences are intimately bound up with educational justice. Rather than skip over contentious or uncomfortable dialogues about difference, Thea Abu El-Haj tackles them head on. Through rich and detailed ethnographic portraits of two schools with a commitment to social justice, she analyzes the ways discourses about difference provide a key site for both producing and resisting inequalities, and examines the dilemmas that emerge from either focusing on or ignoring them. In interrogating fundamental assumptions about difference and equity, Abu El-Haj deftly blends critique with a search for hope and possibility, to ultimately argue for ways educators might translate ideals about justice into effective practice.

Author : Susan Ochshorn
Publisher : Teachers College Press
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2015-07
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780807756706

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Squandering America's Future by Susan Ochshorn Pdf

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Author : Schleicher Andreas
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2018-05-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264300002

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Strong Performers and Successful Reformers in Education World Class How to Build a 21st-Century School System by Schleicher Andreas Pdf

Andreas Schleicher - initiator of PISA and an international authority on education policy - offers a unique perspective on education reform.

Author : E. Lauterpacht
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 784 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0949009016

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International Law Reports: Volume 71 by E. Lauterpacht Pdf

Author : C. Reilly
Publisher : Springer
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2008-12-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230617889

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Peace-Building and Development in Guatemala and Northern Ireland by C. Reilly Pdf

This book analyzes the implementation of peace processes in Northern Ireland and Guatemala, with emphasis on the role of mid-level civil society and religious organizations, or "the voluntary sector." Both countries interrupted years of conflict, signed peace accords in 1998 and 1996 respectively, and still struggle to make them work. Despite very different economic development levels, both countries have colonial legacies, deep cultural divisions, and engaged diaspora. They grapple with violence, poverty and inequitable distribution of wealth and power. While religious differences are a backdrop to violence and reconciliation in both cases, insecurity and inequity are the root cause and consequence of these conflicts. The book summarizes lessons learned and makes policy recommendations for more civil post-conflict societies, arguing that similar dynamics fuel sustainable peace-building and authentic development.

Author : Antonia Kupfer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2014-07-16
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781317978268

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Globalisation, Higher Education, the Labour Market and Inequality by Antonia Kupfer Pdf

Globalisation, Higher Education, the Labour Market and Inequality addresses the global transformation of higher education in relation to changes in the labour market. It focuses on the relative impact of elements of globalisation on social inequality, and provides insights into the ways in which these general forces of change are transformed into specific policies shaped by global forces and the various national values, institutional structures and politics of the specified societies. The book begins with a theoretical conceptualization for a comparative understanding of globalization, higher education, labour markets and inequality. This is followed by a range of mainstream accounts from an international selection of contributors of the ways in which national systems have responded to the forces of globalisation and the increasing demand for higher education graduates – in Australia, the Czech Republic, Germany, Japan, New Zealand and the UK. Finally, contributors explore more specific concerns such as the transition from higher education to the labour market in China and Sweden, the division of the ‘knowledge’ workers into traditional social groups in the US, and the role and salience of Doctoral programmes in South Africa in developing a knowledge economy. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Education and Work.

Author : Vusi Gumede
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2015-12-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9782869787261

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Political Economy of Post-apartheid South Africa by Vusi Gumede Pdf

The book, made up of three parts, covers a wide spectrum of political economy issues on post-apartheid South Africa. Although the text is mainly descriptive, to explain various areas of the political economy of post-apartheid South Africa, the first and the last parts provide illuminating insights on the kind of society that is emerging during the twenty-one years of democracy in the country. The book discusses important aspects of the political history of apartheid South Africa and the evolution of post-apartheid society, including an important recap of the history of southern Africa before colonialism. The text is a comprehensive description of numerous political economy phenomena since South Africa gained its political independence and covers some important themes that have not been discussed in detail in other publications on post-apartheid South Africa. The book also updates earlier work of the author on policy and law making, land and agriculture, education and training as well as on poverty and inequality in post-apartheid South Africa thereby providing a wide-ranging overview of the socio-economic development approaches followed by the successive post-apartheid administrations. Interestingly, three chapters focus on various aspects of the post-apartheid South African economy: economic policies, economic empowerment and industrial development. Through the lens of the notion of democratic developmental state and taking apartheid colonialism as a point of departure, the book suggests that, so far, post-apartheid South Africa has mixed socio-economic progress. The authors extensive experience in the South African government ensures that the book has policy relevance while it is also theoretically sound. The text is useful for anyone who wants to understand the totality of the policies and legislation as well as the political economy interventions pursued since 1994 by the South African Government.

Author : Grant, Marquis Carter
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2021-02-26
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781799856979

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Emerging Strategies for Public Education Reform by Grant, Marquis Carter Pdf

The adaptability of public education is essential for the success of students and education professionals alike. Comprehensive reform that promotes equality and equity in educational spheres can promote adaptability and allow educational institutions and education professionals better longevity. Emerging Strategies for Public Education Reform is a cutting-edge research publication that provides comprehensive research on merging topics that have a significant impact on teaching and learning, which may include educational policy and updating teacher education. Featuring a wide range of topics such as curriculum design, mental health, and religious education, this book is ideal for academicians, curriculum designers, education professionals, researchers, policymakers, and students.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1600 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015035790008

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Hearings by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services Pdf

Author : United States. Indian Health Service. Division of Health Services Planning and Operations Research
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Federal aid to Indians
ISBN : UOM:39015014049301

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Allocation of Resources in the Indian Health Service by United States. Indian Health Service. Division of Health Services Planning and Operations Research Pdf

Author : Delyth Jenkins
Publisher : Y Lolfa
Page : 127 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2019-03-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781784617370

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That Would Be Telyn by Delyth Jenkins Pdf

In the summer of 2012 Delyth Jenkins walked the 186 miles of the Pembrokeshire Coast Path. She carried a small harp with her, giving a series of impromptu path-side concerts. Structured around the 17 days of the walk, this book is an account of her adventures and the people she met and played for along the way.