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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 exposé, 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 Ame...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
©2007.
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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 exposé, 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 th. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 376 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-363) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520932234 0520932234 9781429471770 1429471778 0520245881 9780520245884 1281752436 9781281752437 9786611752439 6611752439 1433709732 9781433709739 |