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Impacts of School Racial Composition on the Mathematics and Reading Achievement Gap in Post Unitary Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools

Education and Urban Society, 2019
This is a longitudinal study of the change in the academic achievement gap between African American and European American students from elementary to high schools with large administrative data from a school district in the United States. Analysis of variance between eight tracks of students defined by the school environment of isolated schools or ...
Chuang Wang, Xitao Fan, David K. Pugalee
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Local institutions and public school spending under restricted suffrage: The case of post-unitary Italy

Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2021
Abstract This paper studies the impact of legislative size on public spending on education, in a context of restricted suffrage. In 1860s Italy, male teachers were pivotal voters and were directly hired and fired by the local council. As a consequence, local legislators gained large political payoffs from public spending on education.
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The Classical Studies Secondary School and the Construction of National Identity in Post-unitary Italy

History of Education and Children's Literature, 2013
Il saggio affronta il tema della storia della scuola secondaria classica in Italia. In particolare delinea la genesi del liceo classico dopo l'Unità e nei primi anni successivi alla legge Casati, rilevando quanto ancora sia poco noto -nella ricerca storica- l'applicazione e realizzazione operativa e concreta della legge stessa sul territorio nazionale,
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Ordinary lives means ordinary schools: towards a unitary 0-99 years policy for adults and children with learning disabilities

Tizard Learning Disability Review, 2020
Purpose This paper aims to look forward to the next generation of policymaking on learning disability and recommends a unitary strategy covering all phases of life including childhood. Design/methodology/approach In this paper, the author addresses the policy gap between inclusion in ordinary (“mainstream”) schools and inclusion in ordinary adult ...
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Beyond the Tipping Point: Issues of Racial Diversity in Magnet Schools Following Unitary Status

Peabody Journal of Education, 2009
This article uses qualitative case study methodology to examine why the racial composition of magnet schools in Nashville, Tennessee, has shifted to predominantly African American in the aftermath of unitary status. The article compares the policy contexts and parents' reasons for choosing magnet schools at two points in time—under court order and ...
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Commentary on: “Ordinary lives” means ordinary schools: towards a unitary 0-99 years policy for adults and children with learning disabilities

Tizard Learning Disability Review, 2020
Purpose The purpose of this study is to reflect on some of the challenges faced by caregivers when making decisions relating to school placements for their child with a learning disability. Design/methodology/approach Quotes from parents and caregivers, contacted via a national syndrome support charity, are shared, along with broader perspectives ...
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Spotlight on school uniform policies: R (on the application of Sarika Angel Watkins-Singh, a child acting by her mother and litigation friend) v the governing body of Aberdare Girls High School and Rhondda Cynon Taf unitary authority

Education and the Law, 2008
The claimant was a 14-year-old school girl and an observant Sikh. In April 2007 she was asked by a teacher to remove her Kara.
Peter Wake, Catriona Sangster
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The Army as the Real School of the Nation : The Martial Aspect of Popular Education in the Italian Post-Unitary Period

History of Education and Children's Literature, 2010
The twofold – political and economic – revolution that took place between the XVIII and XIX centuries imposed a new political protagonist: the masses. These had found full political legitimacy in the principle of popular sovereignty, whose abolition was maybe the main issue promoted by the post-Revolution intents of the Congress of Vienna (1814-1815 ...
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A Unitary Course in United States History for the Junior High School. I

The School Review, 1929
Howard C. Hill, Robert B. Weaver
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The unitary idea of ‘the’ law school and other issues when defining ‘problems’ in legal education

2022
Elaine Hall, Samantha Rasiah
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