| Description |
xv, 464 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
The David Rockefeller Center series on Latin American studies, Harvard University
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David Rockefeller Center series on Latin American studies, Harvard University.
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| 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 |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
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Educational equalization -- Latin America.
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Educational equalization. |
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Latin America. |
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Educational equalization -- United States.
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United States. |
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Education and state -- Latin America.
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Education and state. |
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Education and state -- United States.
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Education -- Latin America.
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Education. |
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Education -- United States.
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Démocratisation de l'enseignement -- Amérique latine. |
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Éducation -- Politique gouvernementale -- Amérique latine. |
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Éducation -- Amérique latine. |
| Added Author |
Reimers, Fernando.
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David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies.
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| ISBN |
0674003756 |
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