The government is striving to provide equal and decent education to children of different social groups such as Mexican American and African American. This effort of the government is founded on the country's public traditions which uphold the concept of equality and meritocracy. However,...

Key words: charter schools, public school, reform, common school, educational publics The traditional public school, known to its founders as the "common school," is still the place where about 90 percent of American children go to school, but its predominance in our...

The city's school system, taken over about five years ago by Mayor Michael Bloomberg, has won the country's top prize for urban school districts for its student improvement and success reducing achievement gaps between rich and poor, and minorities and whites.New York City's system _...

A divided Legislature approved one of the nation's broadest voucher programs Friday, allotting up to $3,000 for any public school student to put toward private school tuition.Voucher programs in the handful of other states that have them generally are aimed at poor families or students...

An examination of public education in Carribbean Sea countries through a sociological perspective. Schools in the Caribbean instill the values of achievement and equality of opportunity. Teachers encourage students to strive for excellence in academics and reward those who succeed. Schools promote the value of achievement itself and placing students in the same environment encourages them to compete on equal terms.