Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ619667
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2000
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Equal Educational Opportunity and the Significance of Circumstantial Knowledge.
Scott, Gary J.
Education Economics, v8 n3 p197-208 Dec 2000
A general equilibrium schooling model shows that greater school efficiency is complementary with more equal opportunity, increased overall learning, more integration, stable teacher salaries, and fewer course preparations per teacher. Transferring students to area schools with curricula suited to their abilities would secure these ends. (Contains 50 references.) (MLH)
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Standards, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Economics, Educational Policy, Educational Vouchers, Efficiency, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Influences, Equal Education, Productivity, School Choice, Teacher Salaries, Track System (Education), Transfer Students
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Numerical/Quantitative Data; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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