Restoring Opportunity - 9781612506340

Restoring OpportunityThe Crisis of Inequality and the Challenge for American Education\nAuthor(s): Greg J. Duncan, Richard J. Murnane\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Harvard Educational Publishing Group, United States\nImprint: Harvard Educational Publishing Group\nISBN-13: 9781612506340, 978-1612506340\nSynopsis\nIn this landmark volume, Greg J. Duncan and Richard J. Murnane lay out a meticulously researched case showing how - in a time of spiraling inequality - strategically targeted interventions and supports can help schools significantly improve the life chances of low-income children.\n\nThe authors offer a brilliant synthesis of recent research on inequality and its effects on families, children, and schools. They describe the interplay of social and economic factors that has made it increasingly hard for schools to counteract the effects of inequality and that has created a widening wedge between low- and high-income students.\n\nRestoring Opportunity provides detailed portrai.