Broschiertes Buch

Closing the Opportunity Gap

What America Must Do to Give Every Child an Even Chance

Herausgeber: Carter, Prudence L.; Welner, Kevin G.

Beschreibung

Closing the Opportunity Gap offers accessible, research-based essays written by leading experts who highlight the disparities that exist in our public schools for the opportunity to learn instead of test scores and outcomes.

Autor

Prudence Carter is Associate Professor of Education and (by courtesy) Sociology at Stanford University and co-director of the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education. Dr. Carter's primary research agenda focuses on cultural explanations of academic and mobility differences among various racial and ethnic groups. Her most recent book is Stubborn Roots: Cultivating Cultural Flexibility and Equity in U.S. and South African Schools. Kevin G. Welner is a professor of education policy in Educational Foundations, Policy and Practice program area at the University of Colorado Boulder, and he is the director of the National Education Policy Center. His work examines the use of research in policymaking, the intersection between education rights litigation and educational opportunity scholarship, and the school change process associated with equity-focused reform.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: OUP US
• Seitenzahl: 338
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Mai 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 577g
• ISBN-13: 9780199982998
• ISBN-10: 0199982996
• Artikelnr.: 36900249