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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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The Harsher Side of Globalisation: Violent Conflict and Academic Achievement
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Engel, Laura C.; Rutkowski, David; Rutkowski, Leslie – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2009
The paper draws on the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 2007 data for nearly 60 educational systems to explore the characteristics and patterns of school violence across a number of countries and the extent to which measures of violence are associated with achievement in mathematics and science. Using a multi-level…
Descriptors: Violence, Mathematics Achievement, Academic Achievement, Educational Trends
Breaking the Centre-Periphery Mould: Exploring Globalisation and Educational Governance in Catalonia
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Engel, Laura C. – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2008
This paper examines educational policy production through an exploration of the shifting policies of educational decentralisation in Catalonia, Spain. It seeks to illuminate how in the era of globalisation, policy is produced through multiscalar processes involving a range of intersecting factors. This analysis shows that policy concepts…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Governance, Administrative Organization