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persistence of inequality of educational opportunity  

Definition

  • One of the advantages of being a United States citizen is having the right to receive a free public school education. Education is viewed as a key path to socioeconomic mobility and as a way to escape from poverty. [Source: Encyclopedia of Diversity in Education; Inequality of Educational Opportunity, Persistence of]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-RF21MZJ9-2

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