Elusive Equity - Education Reform in Post-Apartheid South Africa

Informationen zum Autor By Edward B. Fiske and Helen F. Ladd Klappentext "Elusive Equity" chronicles South Africas efforts to fashion a racially equitable state education system from the ashes of apartheid. Edward Fiske and Helen Ladd draw on previously unpublished data, interviews with key officials, and visits to dozens of schools to describe the changes made in school finance, teacher assignment policies, governance, curriculum, higher education, and other areas. Zusammenfassung Elusive Equity chronicles South Africa's efforts to fashion a racially equitable state education system from the ashes of apartheid. The policymakers who came to power with Nelson Mandela in 1994 inherited and education system designed to further the racist goals of apartheid.

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• Authors: Edward B. Fiske, E Ladd Fiske, Edward Fiske, Edward B Fiske, Edward B. Fiske, Edward B. Ladd Fiske, Fiske Edward B., Helen Ladd, Helen F Ladd, Helen F. Ladd
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.07.2004
• EAN: 9780815728405
• ISBN: 978-0-8157-2840-5
• No. of pages: 269
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Africa, EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African, Politics & government, Ethnic groups & multicultural studies, Social discrimination & inequality, Educational strategies & policy, Social discrimination & equal treatment, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, Multicultural education