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  • The Economic Other

    Inequality in the American Political Imagination

    de Meghan Condon, Amber Wichowsky ...
    Economic inequality is at a record high in the United States, but public demand for redistribution is not rising with it. Meghan Condon and Amber Wichowsky show that this paradox and other mysteries about class and US politics can be solved through a focus on social comparison. Powerful currents compete to propel attention up or down—toward the rich or the poor—pulling politics along in the wake ... Leer más

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  • Colorblind

    The Rise of Post-Racial Politics and the Retreat from Racial Equity

    de Tim Wise ...
    Series series City Lights Open Media
    How "colorblindness" in policy and personal practice perpetuate racial inequity in the United States today.Following the civil rights movement, race relations in the United States entered a new era.Legal gains were interpreted by some as ensuring equal treatment for all and that "colorblind" policies and programs would be the best way forward. Since then, many voices have called for an end to ... Leer más

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  • Educational Goods

    Values, Evidence, and Decision-Making

    de Harry Brighouse, Helen F. Ladd, Susanna Loeb, Adam Swift ...
    "An ambitious effort that succeeds in providing a fundamentally new way to talk about and . . . think about policy choices in education." —Jeffrey R. Henig, Teachers College, Columbia UniversityWe spend a lot of time arguing about how schools might be improved. But we rarely take a step back to ask what we as a society should be looking for from education—what exactly should those who make ... Leer más

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  • No Excuses

    Closing the Racial Gap in Learning

    de Stephan Thernstrom, Abigail Thernstrom ...
    Black and Hispanic students are not learning enough in our public schools, and their typically poor performance is the most important source of ongoing racial inequality in America today—thus, say Abigail and Stephan Thernstrom, the racial gap in school achievement is the nation's most critical civil rights issue and an educational crisis; it's no wonder that "No Child Left Behind," the 2001 ... Leer más

    $15.99 USD

  • Reaching and Teaching Students in Poverty

    Strategies for Erasing the Opportunity Gap

    de Paul C. Gorski ...
    Series series Multicultural Education Series
    This influential book describes the knowledge and skills educators need to recognize and combat the bias and inequity that undermine educational engagement for students experiencing poverty. This edition features revisions based on new research and lessons from the author’s professional development work, including the dangers of “grit” and deficit perspectives.“A must-read for educators in schools ... Leer más

    $31.99 USD

  • The Public School Advantage

    Why Public Schools Outperform Private Schools

    de Christopher A. Lubienski, Sarah Theule Lubienski ...
    Nearly the whole of America’s partisan politics centers on a single question: Can markets solve our social problems? And for years this question has played out ferociously in the debates about how we should educate our children. From the growth of vouchers and charter schools to the implementation of No Child Left Behind, policy makers have increasingly turned to market-based models to help ... Leer más

    $15.99 USD

  • The Inequality Reader

    Contemporary and Foundational Readings in Race, Class, and Gender

    de David Grusky, Szonja Szelenyi ...
    Oriented toward the introductory student, The Inequality Reader is the essential textbook for today's undergraduate courses. The editors, David B. Grusky and Szonja Szelenyi, have assembled the most important classic and contemporary readings about how poverty and inequality are generated and how they might be reduced. With thirty new readings, the second edition provides new materials on anti ... Leer más

    $104.99 USD

  • Schools and Societies

    Third Edition

    de Steven Brint ...
    Schools and Societies provides a synthesis of key issues in the sociology of education, focusing on American schools while offering a global, comparative context. Acknowledged as a standard text in its first two editions, this fully revised and updated third edition offers a broader sweep, stronger theoretical foundation, and a new concluding chapter on the possibilities of schooling. Instructors, ... Leer más

    $32.99 USD

  • Moved to Action

    Motivation, Participation, and Inequality in American Politics

    de Hahrie C. Han ...
    Wealthy, educated, and more privileged people are more likely to participate and be represented in politics than their poorer, less educated, and less privileged counterparts. To reduce these inequalities, we need a better understanding of how the disadvantaged become motivated to participate. Moved to Action fills the current gap in this area of research by examining the commitments and pathways ... Leer más

    $19.99 USD

  • Restoring Opportunity

    The Crisis of Inequality and the Challenge for American Education

    de Greg J. Duncan, Richard J. Murnane ...
    In 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.The authors offer a brilliant synthesis of recent research on inequality and its effects on families, children, and schools ... Leer más

    $27.99 USD

  • The Social Foundations Reader

    Critical Essays on Teaching, Learning and Leading in the 21st Century

    Edición de Eleanor Blair, Yolanda Medina ...
    The Social Foundations Reader is meant for undergraduate and graduate students in introductory foundations of education classes. No other contemporary reader provides such a broad and yet critical view of the issues typically addressed in an introductory foundations course. Instead, most provide a generic and typically conservative perspective on schools and classrooms and do little to encourage ... Leer más

    $58.99 USD

  • Social Stratification

    Class, Race, and Gender in Sociological Perspective

    de David B. Grusky ...
    The book covers the research on economic inequality, including the social construction of racial categories, the uneven and stalled gender revolution, and the role of new educational forms and institutions in generating both equality and inequality. ... Leer más

    $135.99 USD