Earning and Learning: How Schools Matter

by Paul E. Peterson

Book Overview

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A Brookings Institution Press and Russell Sage Foundation publication

Education is one of the largest sectors of the U.S. economy--yet scholars, educators, policymakers, and parents do not agree about what the money spent on education really buys. In particular, they do not agree on how much education improves children's ability to learn or whether the things children learn in school truly improve their chances for success as adults. If...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815755295
• ISBN13: 9780815755296
• Release Date: August 1999
• Publisher: Rlpg/Galleys
• Length: 378 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"