articleChoice Reviews OnlineJun 1, 2012Closed access

Whither opportunity?: rising inequality, schools, and children's life chances

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Abstract

This pioneering volume casts a stark light on the ways rising inequality may now be compromising schools’ functioning, and with it the promise of equal opportunity in America.

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Keywords
  • Inequality
  • Life chances
  • Economic growth
  • Sociology
  • History
  • Development economics
  • Demographic economics
  • Political science
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