| Description |
xiii, 320 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Achievement gaps arise from opportunity gaps / Kevin G. Welner & Prudence L. Carter -- Lack of achievement or loss of opportunity? / Gloria Ladson-Billings -- Educationalizing the welfare state and privatizing education: the evolution of social policy since the New Deal / Harvey Kantor & Robert Lowe -- Housing segregation produces unequal schools: causes and solutions / Gary Orfield -- Why children from lower socioeconomic classes, on average, have lower academic achievement than middle-class children / Richard Rothstein -- Inequality and school resources: what it will take to close the opportunity gap / Linda Darling-Hammond -- Achievement gaps start early: preschool can help / W. Steven Barnett & Cynthia E. Lamy -- How common standards and standardized testing widen the opportunity gap / Christopher H. Tienken & Yong Zhao -- A more perfect union: reconciling school choice policy with equality of opportunity goals / Janelle Scott & Amy Stuart Wells -- Student and school cultures and the opportunity gap: paying attention to academic engagement and achievement / Prudence L. Carter -- Meeting the needs of language minorities / Patricia Gándara -- Tracking, segregation, and the opportunity gap: what we know and why it matters / Karolyn Tyson -- Good schools and teachers for all students: dispelling myths, facing evidence, and pursuing the right strategies / Barnett Berry -- The cumulative costs of the opportunity gap / Clive Belfield & Henry M. Levin -- Enhancing a nation's democracy through equitable schools / Michele S. Moses & John Rogers -- Building opportunities to achieve / Prudence L. Carter & Kevin G. Welner. |
| Subject |
Educational equalization -- United States.
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| Added Author |
Carter, Prudence L., editor of compilation.
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Welner, Kevin Grant, 1963- editor of compilation.
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Ladson-Billings, Gloria, 1947-
Lack of achievement or loss of opportunity?
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| ISBN |
9780199982981 |
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0199982988 |
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9780199982998 paperback |
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0199982996 paperback |
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