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Vender, Amanda – Rethinking Schools, 2011
"Nintendo Power," "Sports Illustrated for Kids," and a biography of President Obama were on prominent display as the author entered the branch library in Forest Hills, Queens. The librarian looked skeptical when the author asked the librarian if she could leave copies of "IndyKids" newspapers on the free literature table. The branch manager…
Descriptors: Opinions, Public Libraries, Professional Associations, Climate
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Hamm, Lyle; Peck, Carla L.; Sears, Alan – Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, 2018
Canada is a country with a long history of substantial ethnocultural diversity. Questions about the reasonable accommodation of immigrant groups, the preservation of official language minority rights, and the fostering of Aboriginal rights permeate political and social discourse in Canada. Effective citizenship requires people who understand the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Ethnic Diversity, Student Attitudes, Immigrants
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Daelman, Silke; De Schauwer, Elisabeth; Vanobbergen, Bruno; Van Hove, Geert – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2023
This paper engages with conversations with two teachers who each build socially just pedagogies and engage in minor gestures in response to the socio-educational-political reality they were confronted with -- namely, a pupil disappearing from the classroom when her parents' application for immigration was rejected. In an assemblage connecting the…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Elementary School Teachers, Grade 2, Grade 6