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Receptivity in a New Immigrant Gateway: Immigrant Settlement Geography, Public Education, and Immigrant Integration in Charlotte, North Carolina
Title
Receptivity in a New Immigrant Gateway: Immigrant Settlement Geography, Public Education, and Immigrant Integration in Charlotte, North Carolina
Author
McDaniel, Paul
Date Created
2013
Subjects--Topical
Geography, Government policy, Education and state
Description
Community receptivity expresses the degree of openness within a place to someone or something new. Receptivity is shaped by multiple components, institutions, and structures related to a community's political, economic, social, and cultural sphere...
Standardized Distraction: Why the Emphasis on High-Stakes Testing Can't Resolve Educational Inequality
Title
Standardized Distraction: Why the Emphasis on High-Stakes Testing Can't Resolve Educational Inequality
Author
Giersch, Jason
Date Created
2012
Subjects--Topical
Government policy, Education and state, Educational sociology
Description
Standardized testing has exploded into nearly every grade level and subject area in public education over the past two decades. Attaching high stakes to standardized test results was intended to improve education for all students, but especially f...