Growing gaps : educational inequality around the world / [electronic resource] edited by Paul Attewell, Katherine S. Newman. Attewell, Paul A., 1949- Newman, Katherine S., 1953- Critical pedagogy. Comparative education Philosophy. Educational equalization Cross-cultural studies. Education and globalization. LC196 306.432 22 Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record. Outlining the world-wide race for educational advantage, this book takes a comparative approach. Covering almost every continent, this book provides an overarching examination of who is actually able to benefit from economic growth and who, because of the educational demands it brings about, it shuts out. New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010. 2010. 2010 Text 1 online resource (x, 344 p.) : http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199732180.001.0001 eng