Inequality in the promised land : race, resources, and suburban schooling /

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Nestled in neighborhoods of varying degrees of affluence, suburban public schools are typically better resourced than their inner-city peers and known for their extracurricular offerings and college preparatory programs. Despite the glowing opportunities that many families associate with suburban sc...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Lewis-McCoy, R. L'Heureux (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2014.
Subjects:
Educational equalization > United States > Case studies.
Suburban schools > United States > Case studies.
African Americans > Education > Case studies.
Minorities > Education > United States > Case studies.
Social classes > United States > Case studies.
Education > Social aspects > United States > Case studies.
Démocratisation de l'enseignement > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Écoles de banlieue > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Noirs américains > Éducation > Études de cas.
Minorités > Éducation > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Classes sociales > États-Unis > Études de cas.
EDUCATION > Administration > General.
EDUCATION > Educational Policy & Reform > General.
African Americans > Education.
Education > Social aspects.
Educational equalization.
Minorities > Education.
Social classes.
Suburban schools.
Stadtschule
Öffentliche Schule
Chancengleichheit
United States.
USA
Case studies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Welcome to Rolling Acres
  • From concerted cultivation to opportunity hoarding
  • Segmented suburbia
  • Making your public school private : parental engagement, social networks and educational customization
  • A few bad apples are racist
  • Culture as hidden classroom resource
  • Black exodus
  • Hope in the promised land.

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