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We often hear about the growing divide between rich and poor in America. This compelling expose, backed by up-to-date research, locates the source of this trend where we might least expect to find it--in our schools. Written for a wide audience, Tearing Down the Gates is a powerful indictment of American education that shows how schools, colleges, and universities exacerbate inequality by providing ample opportunities for advantaged students while shutting the gates on the poor--and even the middle class. Woven throughout with voices of Americans both rich and poor, Tearing Down the Gates describes a disturbing situation that has the potential to undermine the American dream, not just for some, but for all of us. At the heart of this book is a question of justice, and Sacks demands that we take a hard look at what equal opportunity really means in the United States today.
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Tearing down the Gates: Confronting the Class Divide in American Education
2009, University of California Press
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Tearing down the Gates: Confronting the Class Divide in American Education
2007, University of California Press
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Tearing Down the Gates: Confronting the Class Divide in American Education
May 29, 2007, University of California Press
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Tearing down the Gates: Confronting the Class Divide in American Education
2007, University of California Press
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Tearing Down the Gates: Confronting the Class Divide in American Education
May 29, 2007, University of California Press
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Tearing down the gates: confronting the class divide in American education
2007, University of California Press
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