The Dynamics of Opportunity in America Evidence and Perspectives /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kirsch, Irwin (Editor), Braun, Henry (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2016.
• Subjects: Education.; Public policy.; Educational policy.; ducation and state.; Economic policy.; Labor economics.; Sociology.; Educational Policy and Politics.; Public Policy.; Economic Policy.; Knowledge - Discourse.; Labor Economics.

Across the country, our children are beginning life from very different starting points. Some have aspirations and believe they can be achieved. For too many others, aspirations are tempered, if not dashed, by the sobering realities of everyday life. These different starting points place children on...