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Elusive equity : education reform in post-apartheid South Africa

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.

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Additional Authors

Ladd, Helen F.

Description

xiii, 269 pages : illustrations, map; 23 cm

Summary

This book describes and evaluates the strategies that South Africa pursued in its efforts to establish an education system consistent with the country's new democratic values and its new economic and social needs. The authors focus on three cultural themes: the elimination of racial barriers in the state education system, the development of a unified and equitable school funding system, and the introduction of a new curriculum that embodied the precepts and goals of the new democracy.

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Bibliography (note)

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

Contents

Introduction -- The racial context of South Africa -- Education and apartheid -- Educational aspirations and political realities -- Governance and access to schools -- Financing schools : initial steps toward equity -- Balancing public and private resources -- Outcomes-based education and equity -- Educational outcomes -- Equity in higher education -- Conclusion.

ISBN

0815728409
9780815728405

LCCN

2004011355

OCLC

ocm55147178
55147178
SCSB-8910757

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Princeton University Library