Research Catalog

Title

Unequal schools, unequal chances : the challenges to equal opportunity in the Americas / edited by Fernando Reimers.

Publication

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University. David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies : Distributed by Harvard University Press, ©2000.

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Additional Authors

• Reimers, Fernando.
• David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies.

Description

xv, 464 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.

Summary

The contributors to this volume discuss current policies and issues in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, and the United States, as they explore the nature of the relationship among education, poverty, and inequality. The book provides evidence linking school participation, the quality of education for poor children in the Americas, and the impact of education policies to promote social justice.

Series Statement

The David Rockefeller Center series on Latin American studies, Harvard University

Uniform Title

David Rockefeller Center series on Latin American studies, Harvard University

Subject

• Educational equalization > Latin America
• Educational equalization > United States
• Education and state > Latin America
• Education and state > United States
• Education > Latin America
• Education > United States
• Démocratisation de l'enseignement > Amérique latine
• Éducation > Politique gouvernementale > Amérique latine
• Éducation > Amérique latine
• Démocratisation de l'enseignement > États-Unis
• Éducation > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis
• Education
• Education and state
• Educational equalization
• Bildungswesen
• Chancengleichheit
• Schulbildung
• Soziale Ungleichheit
• Aufsatzsammlung
• Sociale ongelijkheid
• Gelijke kansen
• Onderwijs
• Latin America
• United States
• Lateinamerika
• Mittelamerika
• Südamerika

Genre/Form

Aufsatzsammlung.

Note

• "This book is fifth in a series of works published by the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies distributed by Harvard University Press"--Page 4 of cover.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Acknowledgments -- Ch. 1. What can we learn from studying educational opportunity in the Americas and why should we care? / Fernando Reimers -- Ch. 2. Perspectives in the study of educational opportunity / Fernando Reimers -- Ch. 3. Excellence, equity, and diversity in education / Charles V. Willie -- Ch. 4. Educational opportunity and policy in Latin America / Fernando Reimers -- Ch. 5. Educating the poor in Latin America and the Caribbean: examples of compensatory education / Donald Winkler -- Ch. 6. Can education measure up to poverty in Argentina? / Inés Aguerrondo -- Ch. 7. Educational policies and equity in Chile / Juan Eduardo García-Huidobro -- Ch. 8. Education and poverty in Chile: affirmative action in the 1990s / Ernesto Schiefelbein and Paulina Schiefelbein -- Ch. 9. Equity and education in Colombia / Alfredo Sarmiento Gómez -- Ch. 10. Poverty and education in Mexico, 1984-1996 / Teresa Bracho -- Ch. 11. The schooling situation of children in highly underprivileged rural localities in Mexico / Patricia E. Muñiz -- Ch. 12. Education and Indian peoples in Mexico: an example of policy failure / Sylvia Schmelkes -- Ch. 13. Function and evaluation of a compensatory program directed at the poorest Mexican states: Chiapas, Guerrero, Hidalgo, and Oaxaca / Carlos Muñoz Izquierdo and Raquel Ahuja Sánchez -- Ch. 14. Education and poverty in Peru / King Bing Wu [and others] -- Ch. 15. Policy and equity: lessons of a third of a century of educational reforms in the United States / Gary Orfield -- Ch. 16. Conclusions: can our knowledge change what low-income children learn? / Fernando Reimers -- Index.

ISBN

• 0674003756
• 9780674003750

OCLC

• ocm45855836
• 45855836
• SCSB-8913396

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library