Making Education Work for the Poor: The Potential of Children's Savings Accounts

by Willliam Elliott and Melinda Lewis

Book Overview

Making Education Work for the Poor identifies wealth inequality as the gravest threat to the endangered American Dream. Though studies have clearly illustrated that education is the primary path to upward mobility, today, educational outcomes are more directly determined by wealth than innate ability and exerted effort. This accounting directly contradicts Americans' understanding of the promise the American Dream is supposed to offer: a level playing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190866845
• ISBN13: 9780190866846
• Release Date: August 2018
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"