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Strydom, A. H.; And Others – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 1995
Discusses the need for a differentiated college system to redress educational disparities in South Africa and to enhance equitable access to postsecondary education within a reasonable budget. Considers adequate primary and secondary education the long-term solution, but sees the development of community colleges from existing educational…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Change Strategies, Community Colleges, Disadvantaged Environment
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Heagarty, Margaret C. – Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 1990
Addresses the causes for and implications of infant mortality. Besides the more immediate causes such as disease, nutrition, and lifestyle, there are the additional hurdles of government bureaucracy, lack of funds, and institutional attitudes that block access to prenatal care. Suggests structural solutions, including a consistent, individual,…
Descriptors: Birth Weight, Change Strategies, Child Health, Crack
Eisele, Kimi – Orion: People & Nature, 2000
In a colonia in the border town of Nogales (Sonora, Mexico), a geographer gave cameras to children and asked them to tell about where they live. Reflects on the impact of globalization on these children and their environment, their experience of environmental education, and their attitudes toward the polluted environment of their neighborhood and…
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Children, Disadvantaged Environment, Elementary Education
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Gulson, Kalervo N. – Journal of Education Policy, 2005
Little attention has been paid to the relationship between policy and space in the sociology of education. This paper analyses the relationships between educational policy change, in the form of the "Excellence in cities" policy initiative, and urban change in inner London. I propose, and apply, a framework for a spatialised policy…
Descriptors: Urban Renewal, Educational Sociology, Educational Policy, Policy Formation
Anthony, Taiwanna D.; Kritsonis, William Allan – Online Submission, 2006
Unfortunately, alternatively certified novice teachers are not being properly prepared. Under the No Child Left Behind Act, the primary concern is that all classrooms are housed with highly qualified teachers. In the present, alternatively certified novice teacher attrition has increased significantly. Many classrooms across the United States have…
Descriptors: Faculty Mobility, Educational Strategies, Teacher Persistence, Self Efficacy
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Sidebotham, Peter; Heron, Jon – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2006
Aim: To analyze the multiple factors affecting the risk of maltreatment in young children within a comprehensive theoretical framework. Methods: The research is based on a large UK cohort study, the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children. Out of 14,256 children participating in the study, 293 were investigated by social services for…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Young Children, Foreign Countries, At Risk Persons
Cleland, Charles L.; And Others – 1994
This map of the contiguous United States uses a seven-color scheme to display a rurality index score for counties. The measure of rurality is intended to represent degree of isolation from and inability to participate in the programs of the larger society. It is intended to reflect both physical isolation and the isolation that comes from a lack…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Counties, Demography, Disadvantaged Environment
Greene, Andrea; And Others – 1993
This document describes first-year outcomes of the Arizona Transition Project, which is part of the National Head Start-Public School Transition Project. The project seeks to maintain the early benefits of Head Start through the primary grades and beyond. Outcomes for 1992-93 relating to children, families, system, and policy for the years K-3…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Child Development, Disadvantaged Environment, Educational Cooperation
Caldas, Stephen J.; Franklin, Bobby J. – 1993
This paper describes a design for a public school academy, the Louisiana Leadership Academy, which provides a total immersion environment primarily for youth from disadvantaged backgrounds. Success is contingent upon choice and community support. Objectives are to: (1) build self-discipline and self-respect; (2) raise up leaders who will transform…
Descriptors: Community Schools, Disadvantaged Environment, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Environment
Christner, Catherine – 1993
In spring 1987, the Austin School Board approved the current student assignment plan that returned most elementary students to neighborhood schools and created 16 predominantly minority schools with most students from low-income families. A 5-year plan implemented in each of the 16 schools contained the following components: full-day…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Environment, Educational Assessment
BOSSONE, RICHARD M. – 1965
ADMINISTRATORS WHO EXPECT TEACHERS TO HAVE A SYMPATHETIC ATTITUDE TOWARD THE JUNIOR COLLEGE STUDENT MUST PROVIDE MORE THAN THE USUAL TEXTBOOK DATA TO WORK FROM. TO UNDERSTAND A STUDENT'S PSYCHOLOGICAL AND ACADEMIC PROBLEMS, THE STAFF MUST BE AWARE OF CERTAIN INFLUENCES. THE STUDENT'S BACKGROUND IS OFTEN A LOWER WHITE- OR BLUE-COLLAR HOME, WITH NO…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Environment, Educational Counseling, Guidance, Socioeconomic Background
CARTER, BARBARA – 1967
ONE HUNDRED EDUCATORS FROM 13 SOUTHERN STATES MET FOR A 3-DAY CONFERENCE IN WHICH POSSIBLE DIRECTIONS FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION WERE EXPLORED WITH SPECIFIC EMPHASIS ON STATE-FUNDED PRESCHOOL EDUCATION FOR THE DISADVANTAGED CHILD. REPORTS WERE GIVEN ON THE FOLLOWING ONGOING PROJECTS--(1) DEMONSTRATION AND RESEARCH CENTER FOR EARLY EDUCATION…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Environment, Disadvantaged Youth, Early Childhood Education
Buntin, L. Ann – 1967
Forty-two teachers and supervisors, selected by the Texas Education Agency, participated in a 2-week workshop designed to provide an intensive study of the disadvantaged and to increase the effectiveness of teachers of culturally disadvantaged youth, primarily in the area of occupational training. Scholars in the fields of sociology and psychology…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Environment, Disadvantaged Youth, Minority Groups, Poverty
McKinley, Francis; And Others – 1970
Conducted in 1967 by the Far West Laboratory for Educational Research and Development at the request of the National Indian Youth Council, this 1-year study was made on American Indians at the following sites; Loneman, South Dakota; Ponca City, Oklahoma; Crow Agency, Montana; Fort Berthold, North Dakota; Nondalton, Alaska; South Nek Nek, Alaska;…
Descriptors: Administration, American Indians, Attitudes, Civil Rights
Blanchard, Walter J. – 1967
This is a collection of raw data and brief descriptions of the neighborhoods which compose the inner city of Providence. It was compiled so that staff, teachers, and the community leaders could think together about the implications of these data for the schools, education, and for the social studies project. Demographic data on the seven…
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Community Study, Disadvantaged Environment, Economic Factors
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