Restoring Opportunity - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Restoring Opportunity write by Greg J. Duncan. This book was released on 2014-01-01. Restoring Opportunity available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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. 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. Restoring Opportunity provides detailed portraits of proven initiatives that are transforming the lives of low-income children from prekindergarten through high school. All of these programs are research-tested and have demonstrated sustained effectiveness over time and at significant scale. Together, they offer a powerful vision of what good instruction in effective schools can look like. The authors conclude by outlining the elements of a new agenda for education reform. Restoring Opportunity is 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. Copublished with the Russell Sage Foundation
American Dreams
American Dreams - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook American Dreams write by Marco Rubio. This book was released on 2015-10-06. American Dreams available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In 1956, presidential-hopeful Marco Rubio's parents came to America as poor immigrants and found a land of opportunity where anyone could build a better future. But now the American Dream is on life support. Millions of Americans have been left behind by an economy that doesn't value their skills and a government that would rather give them a handout than a hand up. In American Dreams Rubio offers a roadmap for restoring the land of opportunity. He explains why America now stands at a critical junction and offers a detailed economic plan to help rebuild it.
Restoring Opportunity The Crisis of Inequality and the Challenge for American Education
Restoring Opportunity The Crisis of Inequality and the Challenge for American Education - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Restoring Opportunity The Crisis of Inequality and the Challenge for American Education write by GJ Duncan. This book was released on 2014. Restoring Opportunity The Crisis of Inequality and the Challenge for American Education available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Restoring Opportunity" lays out the causes of opportunity gaps and inequity in schools. It provides educators and school leaders with actionable solutions to decrease achievement gaps between low- and high-income students.
Resilience and Opportunity
Resilience and Opportunity - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Resilience and Opportunity write by Amy Liu. This book was released on 2011. Resilience and Opportunity available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Explores how such disasters as Hurricane Katrina and the Gulf of Mexico oil spill have taught important lessons about post-disaster recovery, in a positive report that illuminates outstanding economic, environmental and social challenges. Original.
Creating an Opportunity Society
Creating an Opportunity Society - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Creating an Opportunity Society write by Ron Haskins. This book was released on 2009-10-01. Creating an Opportunity Society available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Americans believe economic opportunity is as fundamental a right as life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. More concerned about a level playing field for all, they worry less about the growing income and wealth disparity in our country. Creating an Opportunity Society examines economic opportunity in the United States and explores how to create more of it, particularly for those on the bottom rungs of the economic ladder. Ron Haskins and Isabel Sawhill propose a concrete agenda for increasing opportunity that is cost effective, consistent with American values, and focuses on improving the lives of the young and the disadvantaged. They emphasize individual responsibility as an indispensable basis for successful policies and programs. The authors recommend a three-pronged approach to create more opportunity in America: • Increase education for children and youth at the preschool, K–12, and postsecondary levels • Encourage and support work among adults • Reduce the number of out-of-wedlock births while increasing the share of children reared by their married parents With concern for the federal deficit in mind, Haskins and Sawhill argue for reallocating existing resources, especially from the affluent elderly to disadvantaged children and their families. The authors are optimistic that a judicious use of the nation's resources can level the playing field and produce more opportunity for all. Creating an Opportunity Society offers the most complete summary available of the facts and the factors that contribute to economic opportunity. It looks at the poor, the middle class, and the rich, providing deep background data on how each group has fared in recent decades. Unfortunately, only the rich have made substantial progress, making this book a timely guide forward for anyone interested in what we can do as a society to improve the prospects for our less-advantaged families and fellow citizens.
