Why read The Education Trap?

Book cover of The Education Trap: Schools and the Remaking of Inequality in Boston

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Why-contrary to much expert and popular opinion-more education may not be the answer to skyrocketing inequality.

For generations, Americans have looked to education as the solution to economic disadvantage. Yet, although more people are earning degrees, the gap between rich and poor is widening. Cristina Groeger delves into the history…

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1 author picked The Education Trap as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Tracy L. Steffes

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I love how this book asks big and fundamental questions about the relationship between work and education and grounds them in such careful and extensive historical research. It challenges some of the things we think we know about the relationship between the economy and education and makes a powerful case that we fall into a “trap” when we ask education to fix inequalities that are rooted in and best addressed in our economic system.

I love how this book looks broadly and deeply across sectors of the economy, public and private schools, higher education, and K-12 schools at a critical…

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