The Price We Pay
Subtitle: Economic and Social Consequences of Inadequate Education
Contributors: Clive R. Belfield (Editor); Henry M. Levin (Editor)
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Published: November 30, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 273
ISBN-13: 9780815708636
Subjects: Philosophy of education; Social & cultural anthropology; Education; Education / Teaching; USA; Finance; Philosophy & Social Aspects; Nonfiction / Education; General; Public Policy - Social Policy; Costs; Economic aspects; Social aspects; United States
Description: "Highlights costs of inadequate education, attaching hard numbers to the relationship between educational attainment and critical indicators such as income, health, crime, dependence on public assistance, and political participation. Explores policy interventions to boost the education system's performance and explains why demographic trends are so challenging to educating the nation's youth"--Provided by publisher.