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Why Are Migrant Students Better off in Certain Types of Educational Systems or Schools than in Others?
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Dronkers, Jaap; van der Velden, Rolf; Dunne, Allison – European Educational Research Journal, 2012
The main research question of this article is concerned with the combined estimation of the effects of educational systems, school composition, track level, and country of origin on the educational achievement of 15-year-old migrant students. The authors focus specifically on the effects of socioeconomic and ethnic background on achievement scores…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Academic Achievement, Migrants, Educational Methods
Filling in the Implementation Gap? Problems in the Greek Educational System--An Evidence-Based Explanatory Framework and Critical Reflections
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Kyridis, Argyris; Fotopoulos, Nikos; Chronopoulou, Ageliki; Papadakis, Nikos; Zagkos, Christos – Current Issues in Education, 2011
The Greek educational system during last 50 years recounts among numerous reformations and counterreformations. All the continuous changes seem not to be characterized by a clearly defined operational aim and rational continuity. Currently, educators, pupils, university students, parents, politicians and citizens criticize various structural and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Implementation, Delivery Systems, Performance Factors