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Unequal schools, unequal chances : the challenges to equal opportunity in the Americas
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- Creator
- edited by Fernando Reimers
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University. David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies : Distributed by Harvard University Press, [2000]
- ©2000
- Physical Details
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- xv, 464 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780674003750, 0674003756
- OCLC
- ocm45855836
- "This book is fifth in a series of works published by the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies distributed by Harvard University Press"--P. 4 of cover.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 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. Commentary / Carlos Munoz Izquierdo -- Ch. 4. Educational Opportunity and Policy in Latin America / Fernando Reimers. Commentary / Teresa Bracho -- Ch. 5. Educating the Poor in Latin America and the Caribbean: Examples of Compensatory Education / Donald Winkler. Commentary / Jorge Padua -- Ch. 6. Can Education Measure up to Poverty in Argentina? / Ines Aguerrondo. Commentary / Terrence Tivanan -- Ch. 7. Educational Policies and Equity in Chile / Juan Eduardo Garcia-Huidobro. Commentary / Noel McGinn -- Ch. 8. Education and Poverty in Chile: Affirmative Action in the 1990s / Ernesto Schiefelbein and Paulina Schiefelbein. Commentary / Lewis A. Tyler -- Ch. 9. Equity and Education in Colombia / Alfredo Sarmiento Gomez. Commentary / Jorge Padua -- Ch. 10. Poverty and Education in Mexico, 1984-1996 / Teresa Bracho. Commentary / Emily Hannum -- Ch. 11. The Schooling Situation of Children in Highly Underprivileged Rural Localities in Mexico / Patricia E. Muniz. Commentary / Suzanne Grant Lewis -- Ch. 12. Education and Indian Peoples in Mexico: An Example of Policy Failure / Sylvia Schmelkes. Commentary / John H. Coatsworth -- Ch. 13. Function and Evaluation of a Compensatory Program Directed at the Poorest Mexican States: Chiapas, Guerrero, Hidalgo, and Oaxaca / Carlos Munoz Izquierdo and Raquel Ahuja Sanchez. Commentary / Emily Hannum -- Ch. 14. Education and Poverty in Peru / Kin Bing Wu, Patricia Arregui and Pete Goldschmidt / [et al.]. Commentary / Richard Murnane -- Ch. 15. Policy and Equity: Lessons of a Third of a Century of Educational Reforms in the United States / Gary Orfield. Commentary / Sylvia Schmelkes -- Ch. 16. Conclusions: Can Our Knowledge Change What Low-Income Children Learn? / Fernando Reimers