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Karsten, Sjoerd – Comparative Education, 2006
This article reviews the policies for disadvantaged children in western countries since the mid-sixties. First, it analyses the design and results of the "classic programmes" of positive discrimination such as the American Title I programme, and the English, Dutch, Flemish and French priority areas policies. It discusses the differences…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Disadvantaged Analysis, Educational Administration
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Karsten, Sjoerd; Visscher, Adrie; De Jong, Tim – Comparative Education, 2001
Publication of school rankings based on raw data for various performance indicators was found to influence school choice and mobility strategies for elite and middle-class parents in England and France. Rather than promoting school improvement, publication led to unintended school coping strategies, such as marketing activities, student exclusion…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries