Language Policy and Ethnic Conflict in China – China Digital Times (CDT)
While China is often accused of stoking ethnic tensions by marginalizing minority languages, the University of Iowa’s Wenfang Tang argues that the problem in Tibetan and Uyghur areas is not too much...
View ArticleJAMES HEYES examines Rwanda’s English Education Policy: A Gateway to...
Rwanda presents a rare case of English being introduced as an official language in an economically developing country with no roots in the British Empire. Occupation by Belgium in 1916 (Freedman &...
View ArticleClosing the private school enrollment gap: Are education vouchers enough? |...
The potential of education vouchers to equalize private school enrollment rates among ethnic groups assumes that income primarily contributes to the lack of diversity in private schools. In his study,...
View ArticleThe ‘Thom Tillis Rule’ For Health Policy Won’t Work For Education Either
What fun we had recently with North Carolina’s recently elected U.S. senator, Republican Thom Tillis, who insisted we didn’t need government regulations to compel restaurant employees to wash their...
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Feds Reflect On Successes, Challenges of NAEP’s English-Learner Policy –...
Five years after adopting changes designed to boost the number of English-language learners taking the math and reading tests that are part of the National Assessment of Educational Progress, the board...
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States Are Still Funding Higher Education Below Pre-Recession Levels | Center...
Most states have begun in the past year to restore some of the cuts they made to higher education funding after the recession hit. Eight states, though, are still cutting, and in almost all states —...
View ArticlePublic Policy and Resilience | Harvard Graduate School of Education
Resilience — it’s not about grit; it’s about relationships. That’s one of the takeaways of a new report issued by the which seeks to unite the science of early childhood development with the policies...
View Article2010 to 2015 government policy: community integration
Issue We want to achieve more integrated communities and to create the conditions for everyone to live and work successfully alongside each other. Integration is a vital local issue and requires a...
View ArticleGeorgia reclassification includes innovative policy to move up private...
It’s an enduring problem for a number of state athletic associations: How do you accurately classify top private schools, which are able to attract athletes with scholarships and put together...
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The Music Education Policy Roundtable Gains Another Corporate Supporter,...
Conn-Selmer is a leading manufacturer and distributor of musical instruments and accessories. The current company includes a portfolio of individual companies or brands that represent innovation,...
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