A notion at risk : preserving public education as an engine for social mobility / Richard D. Kahlenberg, editor.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Kahlenberg, Richard D.
Language:English
Published: New York : Century Foundation Press, 2000.
Subjects:
Educational equalization > United States.
Education > Social aspects > United States.
Public schools > United States.
Educational change > United States.
Physical Description:vii, 356 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Variant Title:
Preserving public education as an engine for social mobility.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Making K-12 public education an engine for social mobility / Richard D. Kahlenberg
  • Summer learning and home environment / Doris R. Entwisle, Karl L. Alexander, and Linda Steffel Olson
  • Equalizing education resources on behalf of disadvantaged children / Richard Rothstein
  • High standards : a strategy for equalizing opportunities to learn? / Adam Gamoran
  • Inequality in teaching and schooling : supporting high-quality teaching and leadership in low income schools / Linda Darling-Hammond and Laura Post
  • Charter schools and racial and social class segregation : yet another sorting machine? / Amy Stuart Wells ... [et al.]
  • Unequal learning environments : discipline that works / Paul E. Barton
  • Critical support : the public view of public education / Ruy Teixeira.