02562cam a2200301 a 4500 070823s2007 dcua b 001 0 eng 9780815708643 0815708645 9780815708636 0815708637 SDU LC66 P945 2007 The price we pay : economic and social consequences of inadequate education / Clive R. Belfield, Henry M. Levin, editors. Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, 2007. 273 p. : ill. The 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. HKBU library YT2025 M09 "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. Education Economic aspects United States. Education Social aspects United States. Education United States Costs. Educational equalization United States. Belfield, C. R. Levin, Henry M. = C.1 SDU GBE lcc 102557 102557 0 0 lcc 0 LC0066 P945 02007 0 CGB 281908 SDU SDU GEN3 2025-09-15 2 0 LC66 P945 2007 1000372947 2025-09-15 00:00:00 C.1 2025-09-15 GBE