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Education for Upward Mobility
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2015
Summary
This book seeks answers to a fundamental question, perhaps one of the most important questions in America today: How can we help children born into poverty transcend their disadvantages and enter the middle class as adults? And in particular, what role can our schools play?
There’s little doubt that education and opportunity are tightly joined in the twenty-first-century economy. Almost every week brings a new study demonstrating that highly skilled workers are being rewarded with stronger pay and excellent working conditions, while Americans with few skills are struggling mightily.
Expanding educational achievement, then, appears to be a clear route to expanding economic opportunity. Yet much of our public discourse ends there. Of course more young Americans need better education in order to succeed. But what kind of education? Is the goal “college for all”? What do we mean by “college”? Do our young people mostly need a strong foundation in academics? What about so-called “non-cognitive” skills? Should technical education make a comeback?
Education for Upward Mobility provides fresh perspectives and concrete ideas for policymakers at every level of government; for leaders and policy analysts in education reform organizations in the states and in Washington; for philanthropists and membership associations; and for local superintendents and school board members. It combines the latest research evidence on relevant topics with in-depth explorations of promising practices on the ground, in real places, achieving real successes.
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Copyright year
2015
ISBN-Print
978-1-4758-1975-5
ISBN-Online
978-1-4758-1977-9
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
254
Product type
Edited Book
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Introduction No access
Ch01. Education and the “Success Sequence” No access
Ch02. Big Payoff, Low Probability: Postsecondary Education and Upward Mobility in America No access
Ch03. The Certification Revolution No access
Ch04. How Apprenticeship Approaches Can Spur Upward Mobility in the United States No access
Ch05. Small High Schools of Choice No access
Ch06. College-Prep High Schools for the Poor No access
Ch07. High-Quality Career and Technical Education No access
Ch08. Starting at Five Is Too Late: Early Childhood Education and Upward Mobility No access
Ch09. Poverty-Fighting Elementary Schools: Knowledge Acquisition Is Job One No access
