Tearing down the gates : confronting the class divide in American education /

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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sacks, Peter
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2007.
Temas:
Educational equalization > United States.
Discrimination in education > United States.
Social classes > United States.
Démocratisation de l'enseignement > États-Unis.
Discrimination en éducation > États-Unis.
Classes sociales > États-Unis.
EDUCATION > Educational Policy & Reform > General.
EDUCATION > Administration > General.
EDUCATION > General.
Discrimination in education.
Educational equalization.
Social classes.
Bildungssystem
Chancengleichheit
Diskriminierung
Undervisningsväsen > sociala aspekter > Förenta staterna.
Sociala klasser > Förenta staterna.
United States.
USA.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • I. Rich families, poor families. Ashlea and Gillian
  • "Do we look intimidating?"
  • II. Struggle for the soul of public schools. Berkeley High and the politics of exclusion
  • "Do I make the kids smart or get them into college?"
  • Public schools, private privilege
  • III. Affirmative action for the rich. Class matters
  • Part church, part car dealer
  • A social compact broken
  • Government gifts to the rich
  • IV. Experiments in gatecrashing and the backlash of the elites. A dangerous man
  • The gatecrashers
  • "I always imagined myself as a rock"
  • V. American dreams. How we got here
  • Class confusions
  • Where are we going?

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