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Earning and Learning : How Schools Matter

Name: Earning and Learning : How Schools Matter
Author: Susan Mayer, Paul E. Peterson
ISBN: 9780815755296

by Susan Mayer, Paul E. Peterson

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A four hundred billion dollar industry, education is one of the largest sectors of the U.S. economy - yet scholars, educators, policymakers, and parents disagree about how education money should be spent. In particular, they differ on how best to improve a student's ability to learn or how much additional learning contributes to a child's success as an adult.. "Chapters explore, among other topics, the influence of aptitude versus achievement, the value of increased instruction in math and English, the worthiness of standardized testing, the effect of social stratification among students, and the opportunities presented by school choice.

About the Author, Susan Mayer, Paul E. Peterson

Susan E. Mayer is associate professor of sociology in the Harris School of Public Policy Studies at the University of Chicago and author of What Money Can't Buy (Harvard, 1997). Paul E. Peterson is the Henry Lee Shattuck Professor of Government at Harvard, the director of PEPG, and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. He is author or editor of numerous books, including The Education Gap: Vouchers and Urban Schools, with William G. Howell (Brookings, 2004 and 2006). He is coeditor (with Martin West) of No Child Left Behind? The Practice and Politics of School Accountability (Brookings, 2003).

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Brings together evidence on school effectiveness and identifies school reforms that have the most potential. Early chapters attempt to estimate the effect of schooling on cognitive test scores and on wages. Later chapters demonstrate how effective a variety of educational policies are likely to be at increasing such scores. Concludes that school reforms that are most likely to yield the highest payoff are politically the most controversial. The editors are affiliated with the University of Chicago and Harvard University. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)