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This book seeks answers to a fundamental question: How can we help children born into poverty transcend their disadvantages and enter the middle class as adults? And in particular, what role can our schools play? Education for Upward Mobility provides fresh perspectives and concrete ideas for policy...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Petrilli, Michael J. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2016]
Temas:
Academic achievement > United States.
Social mobility > United States.
Mobilité sociale > États-Unis.
EDUCATION > Essays.
EDUCATION > Organizations & Institutions.
EDUCATION > Reference.
Academic achievement
Social mobility
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction; Part I. TRANSCENDING POVERTY THROUGH EDUCATION, WORK, AND PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY; Ch01. Education and the "Success Sequence"; Ch02. Big Payoff, Low Probability: Postsecondary Education and Upward Mobility in America; Ch03. The Certification Revolution; Ch04. How Apprenticeship Approaches Can Spur Upward Mobility in the United States; Part II. MULTIPLE PATHWAYS IN HIGH SCHOOL: TRACKING REVISITED?; Ch05. Small High Schools of Choice; Ch06. College-Prep High Schools for the Poor; Ch07. High-Quality Career and Technical Education; Part III. THE EARLY YEARS.
  • Ch08. Starting at Five Is Too Late: Early Childhood Education and Upward MobilityCh09. Poverty-Fighting Elementary Schools: Knowledge Acquisition Is Job One; Ch10. Tracking in Middle School; Conclusion; About the Contributors.

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