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strategies to tackle the crisis in educating diverse learners
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; 1 Introduction: what crisis?; 2 Society: unity in diversity; Strategy 1 Recognize the rights and freedoms specified in relevant international Conventions generated by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; Strategy 2 Ensure that reason and evidence determine educational policies and practices; Strategy 3 Develop wraparound services; Strategy 4 Develop equitable funding models; Strategy 5 Manage school choice to avoid segregation; Strategy 6 Give priority to quality early childhood education
Strategy 7 Develop early intervention programmes for infants and toddlersStrategy 8 Take steps to increase SES by reducing poverty, increasing employment and improving the education levels of the populace; Strategy 9 Introduce free and/or subsidized school meals for low-SES students; Strategy 10 Prevent and respond to gender-based violence; Strategy 11 Promote the maintenance of students' first language by employing Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education; Strategy 12 In multilingual countries, consider teaching two and possibly three languages
Strategy 13 Ensure that government-funded schools have a secular characterStrategy 14 Ensure that all children with disabilities receive education; Strategy 15 Promote inclusive education for learners with special educational needs; Strategy 16 Ensure that students with special educational needs have access to the general curriculum; Strategy 17 Ensure that students with special educational needs have access to the national or state assessments; Strategy 18 Develop policies on transition from school to post-school situations for children at risk of not being
3 Bureaucracy: 'government proposes, bureaucracy disposes'Strategy 19 Avoid grade repetition; Strategy 20 Defer the specialized tracking of students to the age of 15-16 years; Strategy 21 Design equivalent VET pathways for upper secondary education; Strategy 22 Reduce class size if accompanied by evidence-based measures; Strategy 23 Collect disaggregated data on student achievement; Strategy 24 Ensure that the curriculum contains an historical perspective on oppression and inequality; Strategy 25 Avoid ethnic disproportionality in special education placements
Strategy 26 Avoid gender disproportionality in special education placementsStrategy 27 Implement intercultural education; Strategy 28 Develop a religious and moral education curriculum; 4 Communities: making connections; Strategy 29 Link schools with their distal communities; Strategy 30 Recognize that inclusion is a community matter; 5 Schools: learning organizations with permeable borders; Strategy 31 Monitor developments in the implications of neuroscience for education; Strategy 32 Examine what kind of masculinities are being promoted in the school
Includes bibliographical references and index.