Duncan, Greg J.
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard Education Press, [2014]
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- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- A fading dream — Diverging destinies — Family income and school success — Challenges in the classroom — Promising prekindergarten programs — Elementary schools that work — High schools that improve life chances — Programs that support families — Restoring opportunity.
- 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. A crowning contribution from these two leading economists in the field of education and a passionate call to action on behalf of the young people on whom our nation’s future depends. –P. 4 of cover
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