Making education work for the poor : the potential of children's savings accounts / William Elliott and Melinda Lewis.
2018
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Title
Making education work for the poor : the potential of children's savings accounts / William Elliott and Melinda Lewis.
Published
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]
Call Number
LB2342 .E435 2018
ISBN
9780190621568 (hardcopy : alk. paper)
0190621567
9780190866846 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0190866845
0190621567
9780190866846 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0190866845
Description
xxx, 254 pages ; 24 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)1008972529
Summary
"Making Education Work for the Poor identifies wealth inequality as the gravest threat to the American education system. Today, wealth, rather than individuals' effort and ability, determines educational outcomes. This book calls for universal Opportunity Investment Accounts to be the cornerstone of the wealth-building agenda the nation needs to salvage the American Dream" -- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Available in Other Form
Online version: Elliott, William, III, author. Making education work for the poor New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018] 9780190621575 (DLC) 2018032058
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Table of Contents
Preface
vii
Acknowledgments
xiii
Introduction
xv
1.
Going to School in Unequal America
1
2.
Battle to Define Life Chances and the Distributional Consequences of the Current Education and Economic Systems in America
25
3.
Effort Appears Inadequate in the Modern World: Our Identities Are Shaped by Our Real-Life Chances
53
4.
Moving from the Status Quo to a 21st-century Financial Aid System
77
5.
Children's Savings Accounts' Influence on the Opportunity Pipeline
103
6.
Toward an Equitable Opportunity Pipeline: The Creation of a Uniquely American Proposal for the 21st Century
121
7.
Conclusion: The American Dream Needs a Wealth Agenda
150
Appendix: Descriptions Of Some Children's Savings Account Programs In The Field
165
References
181
Index
245