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Mickelson, Roslyn Arlin; Nkomo, Mokubung – Review of Research in Education, 2012
Schools have a seminal role in preparing a society's children for their adult responsibilities as workers, parents, friends, neighbors, and citizens. The United States, countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Brazil, India, South Africa, and other multiethnic democratic nation-states have increasingly diverse…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Role, Outcomes of Education, Educational Objectives
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Baugh, John – Review of Research in Education, 2009
Children of the poor are at greater educational risk than the children of the wealthy, but to what extent, if any, are these risks the result of undetected linguistic considerations? This chapter reviews long-standing issues that influence students' academic and social experiences in school as well as more contemporary debates that respond to…
Descriptors: Race, Classification, Foreign Countries, Access to Education