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Apartheid Transition: Assessing A Black Township Education In South Africa's Disparate Social System, Adrienne Gerard
Apartheid Transition: Assessing A Black Township Education In South Africa's Disparate Social System, Adrienne Gerard
Honors Projects
An analysis of township education in South Africa and why outcomes are still so poor despite varied attempts y the post-Apartheid government to elevate these previously disadvantaged schools to the level of the country's primarily white schools. This paper looks into financial reason as well as policies, teacher qualification and domestic culture.
Is Geography In R.I. Going Down The Drain?, Ann K. Petry
Is Geography In R.I. Going Down The Drain?, Ann K. Petry
Smolski Texts
"Global Village. World understanding. Political Alliances. Trade agreements. Global warming. Cultural differences. Population growth. Refugees and migration. Declining resources. Environmental degradation. It's a big world and it requires study to address these issues, but here in Rhode Island the one school that turns out the most teachers is dropping the subject that specifically speaks to all these problems--geography."
Providence's Unending Quest For Cash, Chester Smolski
Providence's Unending Quest For Cash, Chester Smolski
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"The mayor of Providence has a big problem. How can he balance a budget that addresses the needs of an increasingly large number of people, yet deal with a declining tax base that is less able to pay for theses extra services?"
Our Place On The Map, Chester Smolski, Anne K. Petry
Our Place On The Map, Chester Smolski, Anne K. Petry
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"National Geography Awareness Week (Nov. 11-17) will have special significance for the schools of Rhode Island. The National Geographic Society has just awarded a $1000 planning grant to the two of us, one of such seven awards granted this year, to begin the process by which all of our schools may again bring geography to its full importance in the curriculum."