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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Kurth-Schai, Ruthanne – Educational Studies: Journal of the American Educational Studies Association, 2014
This article explores the legacy of John Dewey, reconsidered and reconstructed within the challenging context of neo-liberal globalization. A free-market approach to the delivery of public education and other social services has come to dominate public policy, with increasingly well-documented and potentially devastating consequences. As prospects…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Public Education, Fidelity, Educational Change
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Makwinja-Morara, Veronica – Educational Studies: Journal of the American Educational Studies Association, 2009
A serious problem in Botswana is the large number of girls and young women who drop out of school. Just over half of the female population attends secondary schools, and the percentage of school-enrolled females has fallen in recent years. Few researchers have studied the dropout problem in Botswana. Twenty-four individuals selected for this study…
Descriptors: Junior High School Students, Females, Dropouts, Role of Education