Title: Education in urban areas : cross-national dimensions /
Authors: Stromquist, Nelly P.
Publisher: Praeger,
Year: 1994
Subjects: Education, Urban Cross-cultural studies Congresses.
Contents: Defining urban in educational studies / R. Murray Thomas -- Some trends and issues affecting education in the urban context / Nelly P. Stromquist -- Urban education and the culture of contentment : the politics, culture, and economics of inner-city schooling / Gerald Grace -- Safety net or safety valve : how choice is constructed in an urban dropout program / Deirdre M. Kelly -- Disparities in educational development in a fast-developing Chinese city : the case of Guangzhou / W.O. Lee and Li Zibiao -- Inequitable agricultural extension services in the urban context : the case of Tanzania / Malongo R.S. Mlozi -- Education and docility : the dilemmas of Singapore and the next lap / Roger Boshier -- Neighborhood associations and the fight for public schooling in Rio de Janeiro state / Nelly Moulin and Isabel Pereira -- The growth machine and the politics of urban educational reform : the case of Charlotte, North Carolina / Roslyn Mickelson, Carol Ray, Stephen Smith -- Rural students in urban settings in Africa : the experience of female students in secondary schools / N'Dri Assie-Lumumba -- The effects of war trauma on Central American immigrant children / Magaly Lavadenz -- Street children and their education : a challenge for urban educators / Adrian Blunt.