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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 Impact of the 1997 Universal Primary Education (UPE) Policy on Lifelong Learning in Uganda: A Decade of UPE Reforms (1997-2007)
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Ekaju, John – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2011
This study examined the relationship between the 1997 UPE policy and regional educational and poverty inequality and its impact on lifelong learning through a one-year field based critical ethnography in Uganda, between June 2007 and May 2008. It drew on the Government's assumption that through UPE the twin goals of the universalisation of primary…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Primary Education, Elementary Education
Parents and School Communities in Japan and Scotland: Contrasts in Policy and Practice in Primary Schools
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Tett, Lyn – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2004
In this paper Japanese and Scottish cultural and ideological expectations about the role of parents and communities in schools are examined. Findings from three case studies of a Japanese school, a Scottish school and a group of Japanese parents sending their children to a Scottish school show that there are clear policy differences between the…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Community Role