Unequal schools, unequal chances : the challenges to equal opportunity in the Americas / edited by Fernando Reimers.
| Other author | Reimers, Fernando. |
| Other author | David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University. David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies : Distributed by Harvard University Press, ©2000. |
| Description | xv, 464 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | The David Rockefeller Center series on Latin American studies, Harvard University David Rockefeller Center series on Latin American studies, Harvard University. ^A590480 |
| Contents | Acknowledgments -- Ch. 1. What can we learn from studying educational opportunity in the Americas and why should we care? / Fernando Reimers -- Ch. 2. Perspectives in the study of educational opportunity / Fernando Reimers -- Ch. 3. Excellence, equity, and diversity in education / Charles V. Willie -- Ch. 4. Educational opportunity and policy in Latin America / Fernando Reimers -- Ch. 5. Educating the poor in Latin America and the Caribbean: examples of compensatory education / Donald Winkler -- Ch. 6. Can education measure up to poverty in Argentina? / Inés Aguerrondo -- Ch. 7. Educational policies and equity in Chile / Juan Eduardo García-Huidobro -- Ch. 8. Education and poverty in Chile: affirmative action in the 1990s / Ernesto Schiefelbein and Paulina Schiefelbein -- Ch. 9. Equity and education in Colombia / Afredo Sarmiento Gómez -- Ch. 10. Poverty and education in Mexico, 1984-1996 / Teresa Bracho -- Ch. 11. The schooling situation of children in highly underprivileged rural localities in Mexico / Patricia E. Muñiz -- Ch. 12. Education and Indian peoples in Mexico: an example of policy failure / Sylvia Schmelkes -- Ch. 13. Function and evaluation of a compensatory program directed at the poorest Mexican states: Chiapas, Guerrero, Hidalgo, and Oaxaca / Carlos Muñoz Izquierdo and Raquel Ahuja Sánchez -- Ch. 14. Education and poverty in Peru / King Bing Wu ... [et al.] -- Ch. 15. Policy and equity: lessons of a third of a century of educational reforms in the United States / Gary Orfield -- Ch. 16. Conclusions: can our knowledge change what low-income children learn? / Fernando Reimers -- Index. |
| Local note | Little-328595--305131026735- |
| General note | "This book is fifth in a series of works published by the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies distributed by Harvard University Press"--P. 4 of cover. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 00136541 |
| ISBN | 0674003756 |