Educational standards and assessment practices are the engine driving the historic changes public schools are experiencing today. This...
Blaming public school teachers for the troubles of the U.S. education system is the name of the game. This paper considers how teachers...
This dissertation explores how urban public school teachers navigate the contradictory social position of having little power over their...
The author argues that there have been major challenges to, and changes in, the role that education now plays in societies around the...
In this article, the authors argue that the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and UNESCO work together to promote literacy...
This paper draws on research in three English Midlands local education authorities to analyse the changing role of the teacher trade...
Ghandiji talisman for functional and meaningful administration. Written in the language of the Karnataka state, Kannada
This edited volume brings together education academics and activists from around the world, who describe the effects of corporate...
This volume is an attempt to understand, from an empirically grounded perspective, the nature, scope and dimensions of the new global...
The author critically analyses the concept of 'school readiness' in an early years context by comparing her experience of education '...
Appendicers to Global Perspectives on School Readiness
Ideas about what makes a good teacher are important in thinking about educationalreform, and have come into focus recently. These ideas are...
