Restoring Opportunity

The Crisis of Inequality and the Challenge for American Education

Häftad, Engelska, 2014

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In this landmark volume, Greg J. Duncan and Richard J. Murnane lay out a meticulously researched case showing how - in a time of spiraling inequality - strategically targeted interventions and supports can help schools significantly improve the life chances of low-income children.The authors offer a brilliant synthesis of recent research on inequality and its effects on families, children, and schools. They describe the interplay of social and economic factors that has made it increasingly hard for schools to counteract the effects of inequality and that has created a widening wedge between low- and high-income students.Restoring Opportunity provides detailed portraits of proven initiatives that are transforming the lives of low-income children from prekindergarten through high school. All of these programmes are research-tested and have demonstrated sustained effectiveness over time and at significant scale. Together, they offer a powerful vision of what good instruction in effective schools can look like. The authors conclude by outlining the elements of a new agenda for education reform.Restoring Opportunity is a crowning contribution from these two leading economists in the field of education and a passionate call to action on behalf of the young people on whom our nation’s future depends.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2014-01-30
Mått:152 x 226 x 12 mm
Vikt:285 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:200
Förlag:Harvard Educational Publishing Group
ISBN:9781612506340

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Greg J. Duncan is a distinguished professor in the Department of Education at the University of California, Irvine.Richard J. Murnane is the Juliana W. and William Foss Thompson Professor of Education and Society at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

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Duncan and Murnane provide a no-nonsense view of the growing educational gap between the haves and the have-nots in America. They also scour the landscape to find promising solutions that provide hope for better outcomes in the future. This is a thoughtful book that should be read with the care it merits." Joel Klein, CEO of Amplify, and former chancellor, New York City Department of Education"This thorough examination of our public school system provides a clear picture of some of the toughest challenges - particularly those facing low-income students - and the directions in which we need to go to fix them. This book should be on the desk of every educator and policy maker in America so we can begin to change the odds for all of America’s children." Geoffrey Canada, president and CEO, Harlem Children’s Zone

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CONTENTS1 A Fading Dream 12 DivergingDestinies 73 Family Income and School Success 234 Challenges in the Classroom 355 Promising Prekindergarten Programs 536 Elementary Schools That Work 71 7 High Schools That Improve Life Chances 858 Programs That Support Families 1099 Restoring Opportunity 123Notes 145Acknowledgments 173About the Authors 177Index 179

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