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Amadi, Chioma Stella – Education and Urban Society, 2023
This comparative study examines the extent to which the 21st-century skills are integrated into the 4th and 8th-grade public school science curriculum in Canada in relation to that of the United States of America (USA) by analyzing the 4th and 8th grade Common Framework of Science Learning Outcomes of Canada and the 4th and 8th grade Next…
Descriptors: 21st Century Skills, Foreign Countries, Integrated Curriculum, Elementary School Students
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Weis, W. Charles, III – Education and Urban Society, 2020
Prior research suggests that parents of Hispanics, English learners, and students living in poverty exercise school choice less frequently than other parents, which may be a factor in the resegregation of public schools. This quasi-experimental, causal-comparative design tests whether ethnicity, language dominance, or socioeconomic status of the…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, English Language Learners, Low Income Students, School Choice
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Sheng, Xiaoming – Education and Urban Society, 2018
Home education is at an early stage for the public, researchers, media and educational authorities in China. Yet the research relating to the development of home education has been entirely ignored. In particular, the literature focusing on the legal status of home education is negligible in the educational context of China. There is no literature…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Home Schooling, Educational Legislation, Compulsory Education
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Butler, Mark H.; Harper, James M.; Call, Matthew L.; Bird, Mark H. – Education and Urban Society, 2015
Advocates of home-schooling claim a variety of positive educational and familial outcomes. Research is needed to examine possible effects of home-schooling on family relationships. We investigated family environment differences between home-schooling and public-schooling families matched in terms of family-centric orientation. Family cohesion was…
Descriptors: Home Schooling, Family Environment, Family Relationship, Public Schools