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

• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Russell Sage Foundation; Chicago : , : Spencer Foundation, , [2011]; ©2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (573 p.)
• Disciplina: 379.73
• Soggetto topico: Poor children - Education - United States; Children with social disabilities - Education - United States
• Persona (resp. second.): DuncanGreg J.; MurnaneRichard J.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Whither opportunity
• ISBN: 1-61044-751-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910823483403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II