Education and the Family: Passing Success Across the Generations

by Kathryn Duckworth, Ricardo Sabates, Leon Feinstein

Why it is that success, deprivation or disadvantage are so often passed down intergenerationally? What part does education play?

The educational achievement of parents is often reflected in that of their children and there are many underlying causes for such a relationship. Education and the Family argues that government policy has an important role to play in addressing this inequality even though many of the causes lie within the home...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415396360
• ISBN13: 9780415396363
• Release Date: June 2008
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 8.5"