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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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Stoughton, Edy Hammond; Sivertson, Connie – Race, Ethnicity and Education, 2005
This article examines the ways in which discourse and social context lead to identity construction in relationships between Black and White students in a large (Grades 6-8) urban middle school. Looking at issues of cross-cultural communication through focus group discussions among Grade 8 students at this school provides an opportunity for the…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Social Environment, White Students, Racial Identification
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Saporta, Ishak; Yonah, Yossi – Race, Ethnicity and Education, 2004
This article deals with pre-vocational education that was first implemented in Israel's educational system in 1955 in 7th and 8th grades of elementary school. The purpose of the article is to examine the role that this education played in making Israel's ethno-working class. This role emerged, we argue, through conflicting dynamics involving two…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Educational Practices, Working Class