There are thousands of children who remain out of school at both primary and secondary levels in Turkey. The current disparities in access to education in Turkey are mostly driven by systematic regional differences and high gender... more
There are thousands of children who remain out of school at both primary and secondary levels in Turkey. The current disparities in access to education in Turkey are mostly driven by systematic regional differences and high gender inequalities. Although several existing studies have paid close attention to gender-based inequities in school access, none of the existing studies have attempted to systematically understand regional differences in schooling. This study therefore intends to address this gap in the literature. Results of the study indicated several key factors, such as gender, household poverty and gender role attitudes, that contributes to the regional inequalities in access to education in Turkey. Based on these findings, suggestions for policy makers and future research were made.
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In addition to basic infrastructure, what school resources are important to improve learning? This question is hard to answer due to lack of availability of appropriate data. Collaboration between researchers at US universities and a... more
In addition to basic infrastructure, what school resources are important to improve learning? This question is hard to answer due to lack of availability of appropriate data. Collaboration between researchers at US universities and a large, well-established educational foundation in India enabled this study to overcome the challenge of data availability. The study used a unique 60-item instrument—with data from 88 government schools—that generated 8 different indices of school resources. The article finds that in schools with more learning-specific facilities and more co-curricular activities children perform well in math, all else being equal. This article discusses the study’s limitations and implications for research, policy and practice.
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Page 1. SPECIAL ARTICLE march 17, 2012 vol xlvii no 11 EPW Economic & Political Weekly 52 Variation in Private School Performance The Importance of Village Context Amita Chudgar I would like to thank Rukmini Banerji ...
ABSTRACT In this multicountry analysis, we generate a student-level measure of socioeconomic status (SES) “mixing” to understand the benefits or pitfalls of placing low-SES children with diverse peers. We conduct this analysis separately... more
ABSTRACT In this multicountry analysis, we generate a student-level measure of socioeconomic status (SES) “mixing” to understand the benefits or pitfalls of placing low-SES children with diverse peers. We conduct this analysis separately for equal and unequal countries that provide the same curriculum to all children regardless of ability level, and we find some surprising similarities. For example, lower mathematics and science test scores are associated with low-SES children in mixed classrooms. We then apply this analysis to the United States, a rich but unequal country where ability-based tracking is common. For the United States, we find that the cross-national patterns are reversed for mathematics, and socioeconomic mixing is beneficial for low-SES children; however, the results for science are not significant.
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Research Interests: Demography, Economics, Development Economics, Education, Development Studies, and 15 moreInternational Development, Educational Research, Economics of Education, Pakistan, Human Capital, Nepal, Bangladesh, Comparative Education, Social and Cultural Capital, India, Family Sociology, Educational Outcomes, Comparative International Education, Family Structure, and Prospects
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There are thousands of children who remain out of school at both primary and secondary levels in Turkey. The current disparities in access to education in Turkey are mostly driven by systematic regional differences and high gender... more
There are thousands of children who remain out of school at both primary and secondary levels in Turkey. The current disparities in access to education in Turkey are mostly driven by systematic regional differences and high gender inequalities. Although several existing studies have paid close attention to gender-based inequities in school access, none of the existing studies have attempted to systematically understand regional differences in schooling. This study therefore intends to address this gap in the literature. Results of the study indicated several key factors, such as gender, household poverty and gender role attitudes, that contributes to the regional inequalities in access to education in Turkey. Based on these findings, suggestions for policy makers and future research were made.
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Research Interests: Sociology, Demography, Economics, Development Economics, Education, and 18 moreSociology of Education, Development Studies, International Development, Educational Research, South Asian Studies, Economics of Education, Comparative & International Education, South Asia, Social Capital, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Human Capital, Nepal, Bangladesh, Family (Sociology), Comparative Education, Social and Cultural Capital, and India
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The private school sector in India has grown significantly but the equity implications of this growth are not well understood. Traditionally private schools have been patronized by more educated and better-off families. Evidence also... more
The private school sector in India has grown significantly but the equity implications of this growth are not well understood. Traditionally private schools have been patronized by more educated and better-off families. Evidence also suggests a preference for enrolling male children in private schools. With the growth in the private school sector it is unclear whether these conventional patterns of private enrollment are changing. The (uneven but ongoing) implementation of the Right to Education (RTE) Act will likely create further opportunities for private school access. If research finds that access to the private sector remains uneven across the society in spite of this growth, then it may offer a note of caution against relying on private provision, and it may also provide an indication of the potentially significant and continued importance of public provision of education.
In this paper we use district-level data from 2005-06 and 2011-12 to estimate how private enrollment patterns have changed along-side an appreciable growth in number of private schools. While 2011-12 is too soon to evaluate the impact of RTE (as most states were still drafting rules and regulations) we identify states that eventually adapted clearer RTE regulations to investigate if private school enrollment patterns were changing differently in these states. The data show that a large growth in the private sector has not made patterns of private school enrollment more equitable in rural areas. In urban districts the data indicate a declining caste gap in private enrollment and a decline in the private enrollment gap between poor and non-poor students in states which eventually went on to adopt clearer RTE regulations.
In this paper we use district-level data from 2005-06 and 2011-12 to estimate how private enrollment patterns have changed along-side an appreciable growth in number of private schools. While 2011-12 is too soon to evaluate the impact of RTE (as most states were still drafting rules and regulations) we identify states that eventually adapted clearer RTE regulations to investigate if private school enrollment patterns were changing differently in these states. The data show that a large growth in the private sector has not made patterns of private school enrollment more equitable in rural areas. In urban districts the data indicate a declining caste gap in private enrollment and a decline in the private enrollment gap between poor and non-poor students in states which eventually went on to adopt clearer RTE regulations.