Equality and achievement in education

TLDR

Equal educational opportunity has been examined through normative, sociological, and philosophical lenses—including the Coleman report and debates on open schools—to understand how and why such norms arise and are evaluated. The study analyzes trends in school segregation, desegregation policies, incentives, and the comparative quality and achievement of public versus private schools, as well as family‑school interactions, to assess mechanisms affecting educational equality.

Abstract

Part 1 The concept of equal educational opportunity: norms of equal opportunity - when and why do they arise? the concept of equality of educational opportunity inequality, sociology and moral philosophy Rawls, Nozick and educational equality what is meant by an equal educational opportunity? Part 2 Equality of educational opportunity: a brief summary of the Coleman report equality of educational opportunity equal schools or equal students? toward open schools the evaluation of equality of educational opportunity re-examined. Part 3 Desegregation and resegregation: trends in school segregation 1968-1973 presentation to the Massachusetts Legislature - 30th March 1976 Destructive beliefs and potential policies in school desegregation the role of incentives in school desegregation. Part 4 Public and private schools: quality and equality in American education - public and Catholic schools predicting the consequences of policy changes - the case of public and private schools achievement growth in public and Catholic schools. Part 5 Families and schools, achievement and equality: schooling and equality schools and the communities they serve families and schools.