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Restoring opportunity : the crisis of inequality and the challenge for American education / Greg J. Duncan and Richard J. Murnane. [print]

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard Education Press, (c)2014.Description: 189 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781612506357
  • 9781612506340
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • LC213.M977.D863 2014
  • LC213
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Contents:
Diverging destinies -- Family income and school success -- Challenges in the classroom -- Promising prekindergarten programs -- Elementary schools that work -- High schools that improve life chances -- Programs that support families -- Restoring opportunity.
Subject: "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 programs 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." --
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Includes bibliographies and index.

A fading dream -- Diverging destinies -- Family income and school success -- Challenges in the classroom -- Promising prekindergarten programs -- Elementary schools that work -- High schools that improve life chances -- Programs that support families -- Restoring opportunity.

"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 programs 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." --

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