Whither opportunity? : rising inequality, schools, and children's life chances / Greg J. Duncan and Richard J. Murnane, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Duncan, Greg J., editor.

Murnane, Richard J., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poor children--Education--United States.

Poor children.

Children with social disabilities--Education--United States.

Children with social disabilities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (573 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Russell Sage Foundation ; Chicago : Spencer Foundation, [2011]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

As the incomes of affluent and poor families have diverged over the past three decades, so too has the educational performance of their children.But how exactly do the forces of rising inequality affect the educational attainment and life chances of low-income children?In Whither Opportunity?.

Contents:

Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Part I: Overview; Chapter 1. Introduction: The American Dream, Then and Now - Greg J. Duncan and Richard J. Murnane; Part II: The Developing Child and Adolescent; Chapter 2. Lessons from Neuroscience Research for Understanding Casual Links Between Family and Neighborhood Characteristics and Educational Outcomes - Charles A. Nelson III and Margaret A. Sheridan; Chapter 3. The Nature and Impact of Early Achievement Skills, Attention Skills, and Behavior Problems - Greg J. Duncan and Katherine Magnuson

Chapter 4. Middle and High School Skills, Behaviors, Attitudes, and Curriculum Enrollment, and Their Consequences - George Farkas Chapter 5. The Widening Academic Achievement Gap Between the Rich and the Poor: New Evidence and Possible Explanations - Sean F. Reardon; Chapter 6. Inequality in Post secondary Education - Martha J. Bailey and Susan M. Dynarski; Chapter 7. Educational Expectations and Attainment - Brian A. Jacob and Tamara Wilder Linkow; Part III: The Family; Chapter 8. Educational Mobility in the United States Since the 1930's - Michael Hout Alexander Januz

Chapter 9. How Is Family Income Related to Investments in Children's Learning? - Neeraj Kaushal, Katherine Magnuson, and Jane Waldfogel Chapter 10. Parenting, Time Use, and Disparities in Academic Outcomes - Meredith Phillps ; Chapter 11. Family-Structure Instability and Adolescent Educational Outcomes: A Focus on Families with Stepfathers - Megan M. Sweeney; Part IV: Neighborhoods

Chapter 12: Converging Evidence for Neighborhood Effects on Children's Test Scores: An Experimental, Quasi-Experimental, and Observational Comparison - Julia Burdick-Will, Jens Ludwig, Stephen W. Raudenbush, Robert J. Sampson, Lisa Sanbonmatsu, and Patrick Sharkey Chapter 13. Unpacking Neighborhood Influences on Education Outcomes: Setting the Stage for Future Research - David Harding, Lisa Gennetian, Christopher Winship, Lisa Sanbonmatsu, and Jeffrey Kling; Part V: Labor Markets

Chapter 14. The Effects of Local Employment Losses on Children's Educational Achievement - Elizabeth O. Ananat, Anna Gassman-Pines, and Christina M. Gibson-Davis Chapter 15. How Does Parental Unemployment Affect Children's Educational Performance? - Phillip B. Levine; Part VI: Schools; Chapter 16. The Role of Family, School, and Community Characteristics in Inequality in Education and Labor-Market Outcomes - Joseph G. Altonji and Richard K. Mansfield

Chapter 17. Year-by-Year and Cumulative Impacts of Attending a High-Mobility Elementary School on Children's Mathematics Achievement in Chicago, 1995 to 2005 - Stephen Raudenbush, Marshall Jean, and Emily Art

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-61044-751-4

OCLC:

842363836