Integrated coverage of the No Child Left Behind Act examines this act’s impact on many facets of education. Updated and expanded coverage considers the continuing controversies surrounding the act, with additional material on how standardized testing affects students with disabilities and English-Language Learners. The new reference guide provides a chapter-by-chapter indicator of where No Child Left Behind-related material appears in the text.
Detailed exploration of the opportunity gap considers the links between education and income and cultural capital and career achievement, and presents data on the connection between schooling and the growing gap between rich and poor.
Updated and expanded sections dealing with multicultural education, multilingual education, and diversity include discussions of school segregation today, boys in the gender divide, and foreign-born populations in the United States. New census tables cover education, race, income distribution, students with disabilities, school spending, poverty, and English-Language learners.
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