{"product_id":"rethinking-education-and-poverty-william-g-tierney-9781421417684","title":"Rethinking Education and Poverty","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow can new ways of thinking about education improve the lives of poor students?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eRethinking Education and Poverty\u003c\/i\u003e, William G. Tierney brings together scholars from around the world to examine the complex relationship between poverty and education in the twenty-first century. International in scope, this book assembles the best contemporary thinking about how education can mediate class and improve the lives of marginalized individuals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn remarkably nuanced ways, this volume examines education's role as both a possible factor in perpetuating--and a tool for alleviating--entrenched poverty. Education has long been seen as a way out of poverty. Some critics, however, argue that educational systems mask inequality and perpetuate cycles of poverty and wealth; others believe that the innate resilience or intellectual ability of impoverished students is what allows those individuals to succeed. \u003ci\u003eRethinking Education and Poverty \u003c\/i\u003egrapples in turn with the ramifications of each possibility.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThroughout these compelling, far-reaching, and provocative essays, the contributors seek to better understand how local efforts to reduce poverty through education interact--or fail to interact--with international assessment efforts. They take a broad historical view, examining social, economic, and educational polices from the postWorld War II period to the end of the Cold War and beyond. Although there is no simple solution to inequality, this book makes clear that education offers numerous exciting possibilities for progress.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William G. Tierney\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1421417685\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781421417684\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2016","brand":"William G. Tierney","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48088212701439,"sku":"9781421417684","price":37.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dc693c5e-8825-4e1a-a7b2-7129bea43bf3.jpg?v=1769103681","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/rethinking-education-and-poverty-william-g-tierney-9781421417684","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}