Education for Upward Mobility

Häftad, Engelska, 2015

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This book seeks answers to a fundamental question, perhaps one of the most important questions in America today: How can we help children born into poverty transcend their disadvantages and enter the middle class as adults? And in particular, what role can our schools play? There’s little doubt that education and opportunity are tightly joined in the twenty-first-century economy. Almost every week brings a new study demonstrating that highly skilled workers are being rewarded with stronger pay and excellent working conditions, while Americans with few skills are struggling mightily. Expanding educational achievement, then, appears to be a clear route to expanding economic opportunity. Yet much of our public discourse ends there. Of course more young Americans need better education in order to succeed. But what kind of education? Is the goal “college for all”? What do we mean by “college”? Do our young people mostly need a strong foundation in academics? What about so-called “non-cognitive” skills? Should technical education make a comeback? Education for Upward Mobility provides fresh perspectives and concrete ideas for policymakers at every level of government; for leaders and policy analysts in education reform organizations in the states and in Washington; for philanthropists and membership associations; and for local superintendents and school board members. It combines the latest research evidence on relevant topics with in-depth explorations of promising practices on the ground, in real places, achieving real successes.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2015-12-08
Mått153 x 229 x 20 mm
Vikt413 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor274
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781475819762

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IntroductionPart I: Transcending Poverty through Education, Work, and Personal ResponsibilityChapter 1: “Education and the ‘Success Sequence,’” Ron HaskinsChapter 2: “Big Payoff, Low Probability: Postsecondary Education and Economic Mobility inAmerica,” Andrew KellyChapter 3: “The Certification Revolution,” Tamar JacobyChapter 4: “How Apprenticeship Can Spur Upward Mobility in the United States,” Robert LermanPart II: Multiple Pathways in High School: Tracking Revisited?Chapter 5: “Small High Schools of Choice,” Peter MeyerChapter 6: “College Prep High Schools for the Poor,” Joanne JacobsChapter 7: “High Quality Career and Technical Education,” Robert Schwartz and Nancy HoffmanPart III: The Early YearsChapter 8: “Starting at Five is Too Late: Early Childhood Education and Upward Mobility,” Elliot Regenstein, Bryce Marable, and Jelene BrittenChapter 9: “Poverty-Fighting Elementary Schools: Knowledge Acquisition is Job One,” Robert PondiscioChapter 10: “Tracking in Middle School,” Tom LovelessConclusion

In Education for Upward Mobility, Michael Petrilli, president of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, assembles a team of contributors to tackle how we can help children born into poverty transcend their disadvantages. . . .Fortunately, the contributors review real and workable strategies to overcome these barriers. You may not agree with all the proposed solutions or models examined in this book, but you will be inspired by the great work being done to address the challenge.