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The Economic Payoff to Investing in Educational Justice

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Schools in Transition

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Educational equity is a moral imperative for a society in which education is a crucial determinant of life chances. Yet there is reluctance by some authorities to invest in our most needy populations and even a skepticism on whether money makes a difference in educational results for such students (e.g., Hanushek, 2002).

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Levin, H.M. (2017). The Economic Payoff to Investing in Educational Justice. In: Siljander, P., Kontio, K., Pikkarainen, E. (eds) Schools in Transition. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-827-3_10

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