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Closing the Opportunity Gap - What America Must Do to Give Every Child an Even Chance (Paperback, New)
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Closing the Opportunity Gap - What America Must Do to Give Every Child an Even Chance (Paperback, New)
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While the achievement gap has dominated policy discussions over the
past two decades, relatively little attention has been paid to a
gap that is even more at odds with American ideals: the opportunity
gap. Opportunity and achievement, while inextricably connected, are
very different goals. Every American will not go to college, but
every American should be given fair opportunities to be prepared
for college. By obsessively focusing on measuring achievement, the
nation's policymakers have made little progress in measuring or
addressing inequitable opportunities. Policy therefore fails to
engage with the challenges, supports, and resources that lead to
improvements in student learning. The achievement gap has not
arisen by coincidence; children learn when they have opportunities
to learn, and gaps in opportunities have led to gaps in
achievement. Moreover, students' learning experiences and outcomes
are deeply affected by many factors outside of the immediate
control of schools. Closing the Opportunity Gap brings together top
experts who offer evidence-based essays that paint a powerful
picture of denied opportunities. They also describe sensible,
research-based policy approaches to enhance opportunities. They
highlight the discrepancies that exist in our society and in our
public schools, focusing on how policy decisions and broader
circumstances conspire to create the opportunity gap that leads
inexorably to the outcome differences that have become so stark.
The volume makes a compelling case that American educational policy
must move beyond the conventional focus on achievement and opens a
discussion about the common sense ways schools can and should give
all American children more equitable opportunities to thrive.
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