Princeton University researcher finds selective schools contribute to inequality in education

Source: blog.nj.com Posted By: brad S...5419 days ago

Can the same kind of national scientific effort that produced the atom bomb — and ended the war in the Pacific — be used to close the so-far intractable educational achievement gap that afflicts African-American students?

The head of a team of Princeton University researchers that conducted a seven-year study of students enrolled in the nation’s most prestigious universities contends such a project is essential. Without it, says sociologist Thomas Espenshade, educational and economic inequality....

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