Equality of educational opportunity and knowledgeable human capital
Subtitle: from the Cold War and Sputnik to the global economy and No Child Left Behind
By: Erwin V. Johanningmeier.
Publisher: Information Age Publishing; Information Age Pub.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Charlotte, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 175
ISBN-13: 9781607522317; 9781607522324
Subjects: Educational equalization -- United States; Education -- Economic aspects -- United States; Human capital -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-162) and index.
Table of contents: title: Public education and the production of knowledgeable human capital; title: The affluent society, the Cold War, and the global economy; title: Postwar expansion of public education and postwar education critics; title: Equality of educational opportunity: the ideal and the reality; title: Education for the nation's defense; title: Equality of educational opportunity: the Coleman report; title: From a nation at risk to No Child Left Behind.