Can Nations Achieve Both Educational Excellence and Equity?
Largely obscured in the rankings of national education systems is the concept of equity. In addition to fair funding, sustained comprehensive instruction is fundamental to equity. Conversely, beyond unfair funding, early tracking of students onto academic or vocational paths is basic to inequity. In...
| Publicado en: | Political Science Quarterly (Oxford University Press / USA) Vol. 140; no. 3; pp. 573 - 589 |
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Fall2025
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