Current educational processes are developed within a context characterized by change, globalization and interculturality, which necessarily demands an evolution of the existing paradigms. Society is shifting from an industrial perspective, to become a society of knowledge. Educational Institutions constitute an integral part of this society, so they are not immune to these tendencies. Therefore...

The Promise Neighborhoods initiative from the U.S. Department of Education offers grant funding to develop innovative educational and community support programs in distressed communities. Inspired by the success of the Harlem Children's Zone (HCZ), this initiative encourages similarly pioneering approaches to assist low-income children attain academic and social success. An increasing body of e...

BACKGROUND Health in childhood and adolescence is a matter of contention. This article examines how infant and adolescent health act together with parental SES, health-related behaviour and academic factors to generate differences in the early life course with regard to later enrolment in higher education. METHODS We used a questionnaire on health, The Oslo Health Study, which was linked to r...