TY - BOOK AU - Elliott,William AU - Lewis,Melinda K. TI - Making education work for the poor: the potential of children's savings accounts SN - 9780190621568 (hardcopy : alk. paper) AV - LB2342 .E435 2018 U1 - 371.826/94 23 PY - 2018///] CY - New York, NY PB - Oxford University Press KW - College costs KW - United States KW - Education savings accounts KW - Education, Higher KW - Finance KW - Finance, Personal N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-243) and index N2 - "Making Education Work for the Poor identifies wealth inequality as the gravest threat to the American education system. Today, wealth, rather than individuals' effort and ability, determines educational outcomes. This book calls for universal Opportunity Investment Accounts to be the cornerstone of the wealth-building agenda the nation needs to salvage the American Dream" -- ER -