The flat world and education : how America's commitment to equity will determine our future /
Darling-Hammond, Linda, 1951-
The flat world and education : how America's commitment to equity will determine our future / Linda Darling-Hammond. - New York : Teachers College Press, c2010. - xiv, 394 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - The multicultural education series . - Multicultural education series (New York, N.Y.) .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-374) and index.
The flat world, educational inequality, and America's future -- The anatomy of inequality : how the opportunity gap is constructed -- New standards and old inequalities : how testing narrows and expands the opportunity gap -- Inequality on trial : does money make a difference? -- A tale of three states : what happens when states invest strategically (or don't) -- Steady work : how countries build successful systems -- Doing what matters most : developing competent teaching -- Organizing for success : from inequality to quality -- Policy for quality and equality : toward genuine school reform.
9780807749623 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780807749630 (hardcover : alk. paper)
2009043075
Educational equalization--United States.
Multicultural education--United States.
Students with social disabilities--United States.
LC213 / .D37 2010
379.2/60973
The flat world and education : how America's commitment to equity will determine our future / Linda Darling-Hammond. - New York : Teachers College Press, c2010. - xiv, 394 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - The multicultural education series . - Multicultural education series (New York, N.Y.) .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-374) and index.
The flat world, educational inequality, and America's future -- The anatomy of inequality : how the opportunity gap is constructed -- New standards and old inequalities : how testing narrows and expands the opportunity gap -- Inequality on trial : does money make a difference? -- A tale of three states : what happens when states invest strategically (or don't) -- Steady work : how countries build successful systems -- Doing what matters most : developing competent teaching -- Organizing for success : from inequality to quality -- Policy for quality and equality : toward genuine school reform.
9780807749623 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780807749630 (hardcover : alk. paper)
2009043075
Educational equalization--United States.
Multicultural education--United States.
Students with social disabilities--United States.
LC213 / .D37 2010
379.2/60973