The idea that the primary purpose of schools is to supply workers that meet the needs of the national economy has been advocated for over a century, with more recent concerns about the global economic position of the U.S. leading to curricular upgrading in schools across the country. Yet, to what extent do schools offer and students take courses that align with the educational and skills requir...

For over three decades, government subsidies have been a major source of funds for private schools in Australia and private schools now enrol over one third of all students. Analysing administrative and participation data, we find that Australian private schools have used government subsidies to increase the quality of their services (ie. to reduce student: teacher ratios) rather than to reduce...

BACKGROUND Obesity is an emerging problem in Pakistan. The authors sought to determine prevalence of obesity and malnutrition in school-going children, from grades 6(th) to 8(th) of different schools of Karachi and assess associations that affect the weight of the children. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS A cross sectional study design with children studying in grades 6(th) to 8(th) grade, in ...

Örgüt yönetiminin önemli bir alanını oluşturan ekonomik işleyiş, okul yöneticilerinin sorumluluğunda olan ve yönetilmesi gereken olgudur. Etkili yönetimi bakımından okulların iktisadi işleyişinin eğitim araştırmalarına daha fazla konu olmasının gerekliliği ortaya çıkmaktadır. Milli Eğitim Bakanlığı’nın 2023 Vizyonu belgesinde de bu konuya yer ayrılarak bütçeleri ile ilgili çalışmalar planlanmış...

NCLB was passed with bipartisan support in Congress because consensus had been reached that the nation needed to close the achievement gaps that existed between students of differing racial, ethnic, and economic backgrounds, and that schools should be held accountable for the success of all students. But despite the location chosen for the signing of the bill into law—a public high school—flaws...

With the call for educational reform in American public schools, various school districts have embarked on the process of reforming classroom instructional practices through technology to enhance quality education and student learning. This article explores the implications for educational technology practices within the context of urban schools. Additionally, this article highlights the need f...

This paper is a report on certain aspects of a wide investigation into the physique and growth of schoolchildren undertaken from 1945 to 1952, with special reference to age, sex, and social differentia. The particular purpose of this part of the study was to compare the physique of groups of boys and girls from three different types of school representing different socio-economic levels; Group ...

The liberation model hypothesizes that school choice liberates students from underperforming schools by giving them the opportunity to seek academically superior schooling options outside of their neighborhoods. Subsequently, school choice is hypothesized to diminish stratification in schools. Data from one urban school district is analyzed to test these hypotheses. We specifically examine whic...

OBJECTIVES To examine the independent influence of school economic deprivation, social fragmentation, and social cohesion on the likelihood of participating in no physical activity among students. METHODS Data are from a large-scale longitudinal study of schools based in disadvantaged communities in Quebec, Canada. Questionnaires were administered every year between 2002 and 2008 among n = 14...

This study examines educators’ perceived barriers to technology integration and the relationship to education reform. Educators and administrators from four elementary schools in Washington State were interviewed in their classrooms during a three-month period. The schools differed in size, location, and social economic status and reported variances in their Washington Assessment of Student Lea...