Making education work for the poor : the potential of children's savings accounts /

"Making Education Work for the Poor identifies wealth inequality as the gravest threat to the American education system. Today, wealth, rather than individuals' effort and ability, determines educational outcomes. This book calls for universal Opportunity Investment Accounts to be the corn...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Elliott, William, III (Autor), Lewis, Melinda K. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]
Temas:
College costs > United States.
Education savings accounts > United States.
Education, Higher > United States > Finance.
Finance, Personal > United States.
EDUCATION > Administration > General.
EDUCATION > Organizations & Institutions.
College costs.
Education, Higher > Finance.
Education savings accounts.
Finance, Personal.
United States.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Going to school in unequal America
  • The battle to define life chances and the distributional consequences of the current education and economic systems in America
  • Effort appears inadequate in the modern world: our identities are shaped by our real-​life chances
  • Moving from the status quo to a 21st-​century financial aid system
  • Children's savings accounts' influence on the opportunity pipeline
  • Toward an equitable opportunity pipeline: the creation of a uniquely American proposal for the 21st century
  • The American dream needs a wealth agenda.

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