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Keeping Track

How Schools Structure Inequality
Book • 1986
Keeping Track: How Schools Structure Inequality explores the system of grouping students by ability, known as tracking, and its role in reflecting and perpetuating societal inequalities.

The book provides a compelling argument against tracking and has been influential in educational reform discussions.

The second edition includes a new preface and chapter discussing the 'tracking wars' over the past two decades.

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Mentioned in 3 episodes

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Jack Despain Zhou
while discussing the history of debates surrounding ability grouping in schools and the impact of her research.
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How to unleash student potential in education (with Jack Despain Zhou)
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Jack Despain Zhou
, the book argues against separating students into higher and lower classes.
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Building Excellent Schools ft. Jack Despain Zhou
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Jack Despain Zhou
as a qualitative study arguing everything about ability grouping is bad.
Jack Despain Zhou: in defense of tracking
Walked through data that Oaks said proved there were vast differences in education quality between different tracks.
The push to eliminate honors programs in schools

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