Perspectives on the social functions of schools
By: editor, Kenneth K. Wong.
Contributors: Wong, Kenneth K., 1955-
Series: Advances in educational policy -- v. 4.
Publisher: JAI Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Stamford, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 178
Subjects: Socially handicapped children -- Education.; Education and state.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Reconsidering intervention strategies for disadvantaged students / Kenneth K. Wong; title: Education, mobility, and money: reflections on the cultural meaning of educational investment / Amy Stambuch; title: Why don't children complete primary school? a case study of low-income neighborhood in Delhi / Rukmini Banerji; title: Resilience despite reproductive notions of risk: a case of Black inner-city youth / Carla O'Connor; title: Testing the effects of politics and markets on schooling in the deep south / Thomas V. O'Brien; title: New York state schools / Steven A. Peterson and Amy Brofcak Hartz.; title: Interstate variation in the achievement gap among racial and social groups: considering the effects of school resources and classroom practices / Kenneth K. Wong and Jaekyung Lee; title: An alternative perspective on success for all / Richard L. Venezky - The diogenes effect: why program evaluations fail / Rebecca C. Greenberg and Herbert J. Walberg.