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Author:
Books, Sue
Title:
Poverty and schooling in the U.S. : contexts and consequences / Sue Books.
Publisher:
Routledge,
Copyright Date:
2009, 2004
Description:
xii, 174 p. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Poor children--Education--United States.
Poor children--United States--Social conditions--21st century.
Educational equalization--United States.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 148-164) and indexes.
Contents:
What teachers need to know about poverty -- Social context of poverty -- Living in poverty -- Demographics of poverty -- "Savage inequalities" in school funding -- No guarantees: the struggles for educational opportunity -- The schooling of poor children -- Educational reform -- How poverty could matter less in schooling.
Series:
Sociocultural, political, and historical studies in education
ISBN:
9780805838930 (pbk.)
0805838937 (pbk.)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)503062900
Locations:
PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)

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