Educating Elites Class Privilege and Educational Advantage

, by Howard, Adam; Gaztambide-Fernández, Rubén A.; Benjamin, Beth Cooper; Cookson Jr, Peter W.; DiAquoi, Raygine; Gaztambide-Fernández, Rubén; Khan, Shamus Rahman; Kuriloff, Peter; Newman-Graham, June; Ravitch, Sharon; Reichert, Michael; Soares, Joseph A.; Sto

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ISBN: 9781607094593 | 1607094592
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 10/16/2010

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This collection of groundbreaking studies breaks with the tradition of gauging inequality by looking down at at-risk or poverty-disadvantaged schools and shifts the gaze of inquiry up toward the experiences of privilege in educational environments characterized by wealth and the abundance of material resources.

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Foreword	p. v
Introduction: Why Study Up?	p. 1
Preparing for Power: Twenty-Five Years Later	p. 13
Educating for Hegemony, Researching for Change: Collaborating with Teachers and Students to Examine Bullying at an Elite Private School	p. 31
A Part and Apart: Students of Color Negotiating Boundaries at an Elite Boarding School	p. 55
Stepping Outside Class: Affluent Students Resisting Privilege	p. 79
Getting In: How Elite Schools Play the College Game	p. 97
The Effects of Parents' College Tier on Their Offspring's Educational Attainments	p. 113
Class Dismissed? The Social-Class Worldviews of Privileged College Students	p. 131
Pageantry, Pedagogy, and Pandorea: Literacies of the Southern Belle	p. 153
On Not Seeming Like You Want Anything: Privileged Girls' Dilemmas of Ambition and Selflessness	p. 173
Conclusion: Outlining a Research Agenda on Elite Education	p. 195
About the Contributors	p. 211
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