The Inequity of Educational Opportunity During an Epidemic

Barry L. Jackson ()
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Barry L. Jackson: Ph.D., Professor and Director, Emeritus, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, Bloomsburg PA, USA

Postmodern Openings, 2021, vol. 12, issue 1, 319-327

Abstract: Educational opportunity has rarely been truly equal in any society, although modern societies have made enormous efforts to assure greater equality. Inequality in education is most often a consequence of existing social differences which structure opportunity. Those individuals with greater financial resources tend to have a wider range of educational choices and access to a higher standard of educational opportunities than those people with lesser financial means. This situation has become increasingly apparent in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper discusses those inevitable differences which have exacerbated inequality during this pandemic. Such inequities are examined internationally.

Keywords: education; educational opportunity; educational inequality; education on-line; social differences; COVID-19; pandemics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.18662/po/12.1/263

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