Tearing down the gates: confronting the class divide in American education

2008; Association of College and Research Libraries; Volume: 45; Issue: 06 Linguagem: Inglês

10.5860/choice.45-3324

ISSN

1943-5975

Autores

Peter M. Sacks,

Tópico(s)

Education Systems and Policy

Resumo

List of Figures and Tables Acknowledgments Introduction: False Illusions PART 1. RICH FAMILIES, POOR FAMILIES 1. Ashlea and Gillian 2. Do We Look Intimidating? PART 2. STRUGGLE FOR THE SOUL OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS 3. Berkeley High and the Politics of Exclusion 4. Do Make the Kids Smart or Get Them into College? 5. Public Schools, Private Privilege PART 3. AFFIRMATIVE ACTION FOR THE RICH 6. Class Matters 7. Part Church, Part Car Dealer 8. A Social Compact Broken 9. Government Gifts for Rich PART 4. EXPERIMENTS IN GATECRASHING AND BACKLASH OF THE ELITES 10. A Dangerous Man 11. The Gatecrashers 12. I Always Imagined Myself as a Rock PART 5. AMERICAN DREAMS 13. How We Got Here 14. Class Confusions 15. Where Are We Going? Appendix Notes Index

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