Research Catalog

Title

Elusive equity : education reform in post-apartheid South Africa / Edward B. Fiske and Helen F. Ladd.

Author

Fiske, Edward B.

Publication

Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2004], ©2004.

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Additional Authors

Ladd, Helen F.

Description

xiii, 269 pages : illustrations, map; 23 cm

Summary

"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 an education system designed to further the racist goals of apartheid. Their massive challenge was to transform that system, which lavished human and financial resources on schools serving white students while systematically starving those serving African, coloured, and Indian learners, into one that would offer quality education to all persons, regardless of their race." "The book is unique in combining the perceptive observations of a skilled education journalist with the analytical skills of an academic policy expert. Descriptions of how South Africa's education reforms have affected schools at the grass-roots level are combined with careful analysis of enrollment, governance, and budget data at the school, provincial, and national levels. The result is a comprehensive study of South Africa's first decade of education reform in the post-apartheid period."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• Educational equalization > South Africa
• Education and state > South Africa
• Educational change > South Africa
• Discrimination in education > South Africa > Prevention

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-260) and index.

Contents

1. Introduction -- 2. The racial context of South Africa -- 3. Education and apartheid -- 4. Educational aspirations and political realities -- 5. Governance and access to schools -- 6. Financing schools : initial steps toward equity -- 7. Balancing public and private resources -- 8. Outcomes-based education and equity -- 9. Educational outcomes -- 10. Equity in higher education -- 11. Conclusion.

ISBN

0815728409 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN

• 2004011355
• R2-455928

OCLC

• 55147178
• ocm55147178
• SCSB-5115698

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries