Introduction: a story and a myth: Parental consequences related to differences in content coverage The American myth of educational equality The difference that schooling makes A definition of opportunity to learn The role of individual responsibility in education The need to challenge the American myth that school is equal for all Equality versus equity in opportunities to learn The role of OTL in inequalities in American education Part I: The inequalities that permeate the American educational system: One indivisible nation?: The movement toward common standards The clash of two great traditions The consequences of local control of the curriculum Content variation in state standards Content variation across local districts Science content variation The consequences of state and local control of the curriculum Social class, race, and equality of opportunity: Variability in learning opportunities Related to socioeconomic status Content opportunities in urban districts Inequality in 8th-grade mathematics among districts Expectations versus implementation Into the classroom: the content opportunities children actually experience: Content coverage in elementary classrooms Content coverage in middle school classrooms Social class differences in learning opportunities Content coverage in high school classrooms Content coverage in science Classroom variation Tracking: further along the road to inequality: Tracking in middle school ; Tracking in high school Science tracking in high school Tracking: what we might do Contributors to inequality in content coverage: the role of organizational structure: School-level differences The role of states, districts, schools, and classrooms related to inequalities in current coverage Variations in IGP due to different organizational levels of the educational system Variation for specific topics The role of tracking Implications related to inequalities in content coverage
