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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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Bery, Sadhana – Equity & Excellence in Education, 2014
This article argues that multiculturalism, especially when it is led and controlled by Whites, and in the absence of collective anti-racist struggles, can reproduce the ontologies, epistemologies, and practices of white supremacy. I use a case study of a reenactment of Atlantic black slavery, produced by white teachers to investigate whether…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Whites, Social Justice, Racial Bias
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Tan, Edna; Calabrese Barton, Angela – Equity & Excellence in Education, 2010
Recent criticisms of the goal of "science for all" with regard to minority students have alluded to the onerous culture of school science characterized by white, middle-class values that eschew personal everyday science experiences and nontraditional funds of knowledge, in addition to alienating science instruction. Using critically-oriented,…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Low Income Groups, Student Participation, Science Teachers
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Kelly, Deirdre M.; Brooks, Mary – Equity & Excellence in Education, 2009
This study investigates what preservice elementary school teachers assume about children's capacities to learn about equity issues and how teachers might translate teaching for social justice into actual classroom practices. Participants said they did not see the age of their students as a barrier to teaching for social justice, although their…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Preservice Teachers, Social Action, Elementary School Teachers
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Lim, Jae Hoon – Equity & Excellence in Education, 2008
This article reports a cross-case analysis examining the impact of class and race upon two young adolescent girls' experiences with school mathematics. Based on repeated in-depth interviews and ethnographic observation of their mathematics classroom, the researcher portrays contrasting pictures of two high-achieving, young, adolescent girls who…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Racial Factors, Social Class, Social Influences