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Coleman, James S. – Oxford Review of Education, 1991
Argues that equal educational opportunity demands different approaches for children from different backgrounds. Compares three phases in family economic and social conditions to those of a nation. Discusses (1) exploitation of children's labor on the subsistence level, (2) children as investments for the family on the industrial level, and (3)…
Descriptors: Development, Educational Opportunities, Educational Resources, Elementary Education