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Koh, Aaron; Ziqi, Li – Oxford Review of Education, 2022
The enrolment of Chinese middle-class children in elite international kindergartens is a big education industry in China. Our paper is situated in the broader sociology of elite schooling which has yet to fully explore how middle and upper middle-class parents are increasingly sending their children to elite international kindergartens. We present…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, International Schools, Reputation
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Field, Sherry L.; Bauml, Michelle; Wilhelm, Ron W.; Jenkins, Joelle – Journal of Social Studies Research, 2012
This qualitative content analysis was conducted to determine how Mexico and Mexican people are portrayed in contemporary U.S. elementary social studies textbooks. Three textbooks from each of three major publishers were analyzed. Findings are presented in five sections: images and photographs, holidays, Mexican people and heroes, contested…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mexicans, Cultural Awareness, Primary Education
Duncan, Annette – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study examined an elementary school, located in an urban school district, which was labeled as a Persistently Low-Achieving School (PLAS) by the federal government in 2009 in order to determine how the school planned to change leadership and staff; increase student achievement; and implement new approaches for changes in school climate. The…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Elementary Schools, Low Achievement, Urban Schools