03249nam a2200409 a 4500001001200000003000800012005001700020006001900037007001500056008004100071010001700112020003900129020003600168020003800204020003500242040002100277035002100298043001200319050002300331082001800354245015100372260006100523300003500584504005100619505120500670520041901875533015202294650004802446650004602494650003702540650004502577655002902622700002002651700002002671710001702691856013102708ebr10224509CaPaEBR20260707181009.0m        u        cr cn|||||||||070823s2007    dcua    sb    001 0 eng    z  2007034882  z9780815708643 (cloth : alk. paper)  z0815708645 (cloth : alk. paper)  z9780815708636 (pbk. : alk. paper)  z0815708637 (pbk. : alk. paper)  aCaPaEBRcCaPaEBR  a(OCoLC)606155186  an-us---14aLC66b.P735 2007eb04a338.4/73722204aThe price we payh[electronic resource] :beconomic and social consequences of inadequate education /cClive R. Belfield, Henry M. Levin, editors.  aWashington, D.C. :bBrookings Institution Press,cc2007.  aviii, 273 p. :bill. ;c23 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 aThe education attainment gap : who's affected, how much, and why it matters / Clive R. Belfield and Henry M. Levin -- Assessing the scope of the challenge -- Beyond educational attainment : a multifaceted approach to examining economic inequalities / Richard Rothstein and Tamara Wilder -- Diversity and the demographic dividend : achieving educational equity in an aging white society / Marta Tienda and Sigal Alon -- Implications of educational inequality in a global economy / Thomas Bailey -- Quantifying the costs of inadequate education -- Consequences for the labor market / Cecilia Elena Rouse -- Consequences in health status and costs / Peter Muennig -- Crime and the costs of criminal justice / Enrico Moretti -- Welfare and the costs of public assistance -- Jane Waldfogel, Irwin Garfinkel, and Brendan Kelly -- Directions for reform -- Educational interventions to raise high school graduation rates / Henry M. Levin and Clive R. Belfield -- The promise of early childhood interventions / Clive R. Belfield -- Toward excellence with equity : the role of parenting and transformative school reform / Ronald F. Ferguson -- The need for comprehensive educational equity / Michael A. Rebell.  a"Highlights costs of inadequate education, attaching hard numbers to the relationship between educational attainment and critical indicators as income, health, crime, dependence on public assistance, and political participation. Explores policy interventions to boost the education system's performance and explains why demographic trends are so challenging to educating the nation's youth"--Provided by publisher.  aElectronic reproduction.bPalo Alto, Calif. :cebrary,d2009.nAvailable via World Wide Web.nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 0aEducationxEconomic aspectszUnited States. 0aEducationxSocial aspectszUnited States. 0aEducationzUnited StatesxCosts. 0aEducational equalizationzUnited States. 7aElectronic books.2local1 aBelfield, C. R.1 aLevin, Henry M.2 aebrary, Inc.40uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/strathmore/Doc?id=10224509zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view