Education, Inequality, and National Policy

✍ Scribed by Nelson F. Ashline (ed.)

Publisher: Lexington Books
Year: 1976
Tongue: English
Leaves: 211
Category: Library

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✦ Table of Contents

List of Tables
Foreword
Preface
Introduction
Conference Participants
"Public Education as the Great Equalizer", Fred M. Hechinger
"Types of Equality: Sorting, Rewarding, Performing", S.M. Miller
"The Equality-Meritocracy Dilemma in Education", Torsten Husén
"The Role of Education in the Escape from Poverty", Herbert J. Gans
"Education, Life Chances, and the Courts: The Role of Social Science Evidence", Henry M. Levin
"Education of the Disadvantaged: A Problem of Human Diversity", Edmund Gordon
"Equality and Diversity in Education", Arthur R. Jensen
"IQ Differences and Social Policy", Carl Bereiter
"IQ Tests and the Handicapper General", Thomas R. Pezzullo
"Problems without Solutions: Solutions without Problems", Lester C. Thurow
"Equal Opportunity—Some Promise and a Lack of Vision", Marshall S. Smith
"White Flight Research: Its Importance, Perplexities, and Policy Implications", Gary Orfield
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