The Baccalaureate
The Baccalaureate

Author: Graham Phillips

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2003-12-16

Total Pages: 230

ISBN-13: 1135725144

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Every year the UK A-Level results bring with them the inevitable tide of questions about the quality and standard of the exams: Are they getting easier? Is studying for three or four subjects in great detail right in the modern world? Can standards, and pass rates, be sustained? One option already available to schools and students is the baccalaureate system. With reform of the 'gold-standard' A-level likely, and with qualification reform in Wales and Scotland already a reality, this unique book will be essential reading for anyone who needs to know about the post-16 qualifications debate. Covering national and international approaches, the IBO, curriculum reform,and political and educational imperatives the book including expert contributions by the leading figures in the bac debate from the HE, state and independent-schools sectors, as well as from political and research fields.

Schools Across Frontiers
Schools Across Frontiers

Author: Alexander Duncan Campbell Peterson

Publisher: Open Court Publishing

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 434

ISBN-13: 9780812695052

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This is a personal history of the International Baccalaureate (IB) and the United World Colleges (UWC), by educator Alec Peterson, who played a pioneering role in forming them. There are two new chapters providing updates on the progress of the IB and UWC and a list of all IB and UWC schools.

Confronting Development
Confronting Development

Author: Kevin J. Middlebrook

Publisher: Stanford University Press

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 648

ISBN-13: 0804745897

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Since the 1980s, Mexico has alternately served as a model of structural economic reform and as a cautionary example of the limitations associated with market-led development. This book provides a comprehensive, interdisciplinary assessment of the principal economic and social policies adopted by Mexico during the 1980s and 1990s.

Inequality in Key Skills of City Youth
Inequality in Key Skills of City Youth

Author: Stephen Lamb

Publisher: American Educational Research Association

Published: 2024-01-01

Total Pages: 395

ISBN-13: 1960348035

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This groundbreaking research volume addresses the topic of educational inequality from a global perspective. It includes 16 chapters from an international group of scholars who examine how well city school systems from around the world are preparing young people, particularly poor and minority students, with the skills they will need for further study, work, and life overall. While skills in key domains such as science, math, language, and civics have been center stage in international comparisons, there has been growing recognition of the effects that education has on the development of broader sets of capabilities such as social and emotional skills (also known as “noncognitive” or “21st-century” skills) that can affect the success of students in school and beyond. This volume aims to address the shortage of international data on the wide range of skills that students need to learn, enabling researchers to compare the types and causes of educational inequality in skills within and between cities.