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    141. The White British-Black Caribbean achievement gap: tests, tiers and teacher expectations

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Strand,Steve (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    2012
    Published:
    Basingstoke, UK: Taylor & Francis
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    British Educational Research Journal
    Journal Title Details:
    38(1) : 75-101
    Notes:
    A recent analysis of the Longitudinal Study of Young People in England (LSYPE) indicates a White British-Black Caribbean achievement gap at age 14 which cannot be accounted for by socio-economic variables or a wide range of contextual factors. This article uses the LSYPE to analyse patterns of entry to the different tiers of national mathematics and science tests at age 14.

    145. Uncovering Genealogies of the Margins: Black Supplementary Schooling

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Reay,Diane (Author) and Mirza,Heidi Safia (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    December, 1997
    Published:
    Oxford: Carfax
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    British Journal of Sociology of Education
    Journal Title Details:
    18(4) : 477-499
    Notes:
    Adopts a genealogical approach to a small-scale study of Black supplementary schools, extra schooling organized by the African-Caribbean community in the United Kingdom

    150. Youth and Education in Cuba: Female Social Inclusion Strategy

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Garcia,Maria Isabel Dominguez (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Language:
    Spanish
    Publication Date:
    2011
    Published:
    Pittsburgh PA: University of Pittsburgh Press
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    Cuban Studies
    Journal Title Details:
    42 : 3-22
    Notes:
    Demonstrate how the priority of education in Cuban social policy, from its outset after the 1959 revolution, has privileged women. Statistics chart the rapid increase in educational level and attainment over the decades and the high degree of feminization of higher education and thus the skilled labor force; and today Cuba ranks among the countries with the highest indicators in the United Nations' Millennium Goals with respect to education and gender equity.