...Country overview The USA’s education system is split into elementary school, middle school, junior high, and high school. State departments are responsible for day-to-day implementation of educational policy, whilst schools are overseen...
...Country overview Education in Canada is largely controlled at the provincial and territorial levels, under the auspices of Canada’s ten provinces and three territories, where school administration is overseen by a descending governance...
...Country overview A basic education in Mexico involves three years of preschooling, According to the Preschool Education Act (2012), preschool education has three levels, commencing at 3 years of age ( Preschool Education Act [2012], Diario...
Successful School Leadership: International Perspectives
Bloomsbury Academic, 2016
Book chapter
...The purpose of this chapter is to review the research literature on successful and effective school leadership, particularly in regards to how leadership enables improved classroom instruction and student performance in North America...
Education and Minorities: Education as a Humanitarian Response
Continuum, 2012
Book chapter
...Introduction
A report from the US Department of Education ‘Status Trends in the Education of Racial and Ethnic Minorities’ (
Aud et al., 2010) examined the educational progress and challenges of students in the Unites States...
...Research on inclusion and marginalization Marginalization has been discussed across a variety of disciplines and texts. In his seminal work, Park (1928) described Marginalization as a “state of limbo between at least two cultural life...
Luigi Iannacci is an associate professor in the School of Education and Professional Learning at Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario . Author affiliation details are correct at time of print publication.
...Within Canada, education is a provincial and territorial, rather than federal government responsibility. Therefore, decisions about early childhood education (all education related decisions) fall under the jurisdiction of provincial...
Xiaoxiao Du is a teaching fellow in the Faculty of Education at Western University and vice president of Language and Literacy Researchers of Canada, University of Western Ontario. Author affiliation details are correct at time of print publication.
...Conceptions of friendship Within the Canadian context, concepts of peer relationships and friendship are currently understudied. There is a dearth of literature about early childhood peer culture—especially what occurs with very young...
Daniel H. Jarvis is professor of graduate and mathematics education in the Schulich School of Education, Nipissing University, Ontario, Canada. Author affiliation details are correct at time of print publication.
...Research on transitions in lower and upper secondary education Education in Canada is freely accessible and funded by federal, provincial, and local governments. Canada has ten provinces and three territories, and within these separate...
...Research on special education, needs, and disabilities Canada is at an important crossroads around lower and upper secondary school students with special education needs (SEN). Research indicates that significant progress has occurred...
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