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Harvard Educational Review: The Opportunity Gap: Achievement and Inequality in Education.


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The authors aim to shift attention from the current emphasis on the achievement gap to more fundamental questions about social and educational opportunity. Their essays reintroduce Re`in`tro`duce´   

v. t. 1. To introduce again.

Verb 1. reintroduce - introduce anew; "We haven't met in a long time, so let me reintroduce myself"
re-introduce
 the overlooked central issue in educational inequity-the lack of opportunity that many social groups face in our common quest for Verb 1. quest for - go in search of or hunt for; "pursue a hobby"
quest after, go after, pursue

look for, search, seek - try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of; "The police are searching for clues"; "They are searching for the
 educational attainment Educational attainment is a term commonly used by statisticans to refer to the highest degree of education an individual has completed.[1]

The US Census Bureau Glossary defines educational attainment as "the highest level of education completed in terms of the
. The book casts light on the vexed relationship between society and education and the crucial role that education plays in addressing social ills.
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Author:Patton, Carol
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Date:Oct 1, 2007
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