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Most of us assume that public schools in America are unequal—that the quality of the education varies with the location of the school and that as a result, children learn more in the schools that serve mostly rich, white kids than in the schools serving mostly poor, black kids. But it turns out that this common assumption is misplaced. As Douglas B. Downey shows in <i>How Schools Really Matter</i>, achievement gaps have very little to do with what goes on in our schools. Not only do schools not

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Author

Douglas B. Downey

Publisher

The University of Chicago Press

Published

2020

Language

EN

ISBN

9780226733197

Category

education

Subjects

Education, Science, Social Classes & Economic Disparity

Updated

2026-03-25