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Tearing Down the Gates : Confronting the Class Divide in American Education.
We often hear about the growing divide between rich and poor in America. This compelling expos, backed by up-to-date research, locates the source of this trend where we might least expect to find it--in our schools. Written for a wide audience, Tearing Down the Gates is a powerful indictment of Amer...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
2003.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | We often hear about the growing divide between rich and poor in America. This compelling expos, backed by up-to-date research, locates the source of this trend where we might least expect to find it--in our schools. Written for a wide audience, Tearing Down the Gates is a powerful indictment of American education that shows how schools, colleges, and universities exacerbate inequality by providing ample opportunities for advantaged students while shutting the gates on the poor--and even the middle class. Peter Sacks tells the stories of young people and families as they struggle to negotiate. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (390 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9780520932234 0520932234 |