Closing the opportunity gap : what America must do to give all children an even chance
Welner, Kevin GrantContributor
Welner, Kevin GrantEditor
Carter, Prudence LContributor
Carter, Prudence LEditor
Ladson-Billings, GloriaContributor
'Closing the Opportunity Gap' brings together top experts who offer evidence-based essays that paint a powerful and shocking picture of denied opportunities. They also describe sensible, research-based policy approaches that will enhance opportunities. They highlight the discrepancies that exist in US society and in its public schools, focusing on how policy decisions and broader circumstances conspire to create the opportunity gap that leads inexorably to the outcome differences that have become so stark.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
'Closing the Opportunity Gap' brings together top experts who offer evidence-based essays that paint a powerful and shocking picture of denied opportunities. They also describe sensible, research-based policy approaches that will enhance opportunities. They highlight the discrepancies that exist in US society and in its public schools, focusing on how policy decisions and broader circumstances conspire to create the opportunity gap that leads inexorably to the outcome differences that have become so stark.
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on September 2, 2013).
Educational equalization
Education
Social Sciences
Education, Special Topics