Charting reform, achieving equity in a diverse nation

This book examines what equity means in a nation where the schools are becoming more diverse. The authors consider how well our educational reform policies, often framed in the language of equity and opportunity, measure up to the challenges of achieving equity in a diverse nation. While there is gr...

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Other Authors Sunderman, Gail L. (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, 2013.
SeriesResearch in educational policy.
Subjects
School improvement programs > United States.
Critical pedagogy > United States.
Education and state > United States.
Education > Decision-Making & Problem Solving.
Educational strategies and policy.
Education.
Decision theory: general.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781806613670
DOI10.1108/978-1-62396-273-9
Physical Description1 online resource (xiii, 275 pages) : illustrations

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Table of Contents:
  • Educational equity and reform: Have we achieved our goals? / Gail L. Sunderman
  • Wither the suburban ideal? Understanding contemporary suburban school contexts / Erica Frankenberg
  • Equitable public education: "getting lost in the shuffle" / Robert G. Croninger and Kathleen Mulvaney Hoyer
  • The potential of economic integration to raise academic achievement for low-income students
  • Advancing equity in an integrated, suburban community / Heather Schwartz, Gail L. Sunderman
  • Ford foundation's efforts to achieve educational equity: Measurable reform or quixotic tilting? / Marian A. Bott
  • The roots of score inflation: An examination of opportunities in two states' tests / Rebecca Holcombe, Jennifer L. Jennings, and Daniel Koretz
  • Racial and socioeconomic gaps in social skills development: A longitudinal study of K-5 children's growth trajectories and the effects of parents and schools / Xiaoyan Liu and Jaekyung Lee
  • Devil is in the details: Examining equity mechanisms in supplemental educational services / Rudy Acosta, Patricia Burch, Annalee Good, and Mary S. Stewart
  • Local college access strategies: Examining the equitable distribution of postsecondary access in michigan / Nathan Daun-Barnett and Irene Holohan-Moyer.

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