Human Rights and Equality in Education : : Comparative Perspectives on the Right to Education for Minorities and Disadvantaged Groups /

Human Rights and Equality in Education : : Comparative Perspectives on the Right to Education for Minorities and Disadvantaged Groups / / ed. by Sandra Fredman, Meghan Campbell, Helen Taylor.

Thousands of children from minority and disadvantaged groups will never cross the threshold of a classroom. What can human rights contribute to the struggle to ensure that every learner is able to access high quality education? This brilliant interdisciplinary collection explores how a human rights...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol UP/Policy Press Complete eBook-Package 2018
MitwirkendeR:
Bishop, Michael,
Brickhill, Jason,
Campbell, Meghan,
Fredman, Sandra,
Kothari, Jayna,
Leeve, Yana van,
Omware, Gilbert Mitullah,
O’Mahony, Conor,
Singh, Kishore,
Smuts, Melanie,
Taylor, Helen,
HerausgeberIn:
Campbell, Meghan,
Fredman, Sandra,
Taylor, Helen,
Place / Publishing House:Bristol : : Policy Press, , [2018]
©2018
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (192 p.) :; 1 Black and White
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Contents
  • Notes on contributors
  • Foreword
  • Human rights and equality in education: Introduction
  • The role of public and private actors in education
  • Public rights and private schools: state accountability for violations of rights in education
  • The dynamics of regulating low-fee private schools in Kenya
  • Education at the margins: the potential benefits of private educational initiatives for disadvantaged groups
  • Balancing the right to freedom of religion and culture and the right to education
  • Calling the farce on minority schools
  • The challenge of Afrikaans language rights in South African education
  • Gender equality in education: moving beyond access to primary education
  • Women and education: the right to substantive equality
  • Equality and the right to education: let’s talk about sex education
  • Litigating for quality and equality in education
  • Conceptualising and enforcing the right to quality education for minorities and disadvantaged groups: reflections on the Campaign for Fiscal Equity litigation
  • From the classroom to the courtroom: litigating education rights in South Africa
  • Human rights and equality in education: Conclusion
  • Index

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