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Determined to Succeed?: Performance versus Choice in Educational Attainment
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Determined to Succeed?: Performance versus Choice in Educational Attainment

In many countries, concern about socio-economic inequalities in educational attainment has focused on inequalities in test scores and grades. The presumption has been that the best way to reduce inequalities in educational outcomes is to reduce inequalities in performance. But is this presumption correct?
 
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Tags: inequalities, educational, reduce, presumption, Succeed
Presumption of Death
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Presumption of DeathPresumption of Death

Perri O'Shaughnessy - Presumption of Death

After a tumultuous year, attorney Nina Reilly heads home to put her life in order and move in with her long-time, part-time love, Paul van Wagoner. Carmel Valley, however, is not quite the sleepy town Nina remembers. In a place where the locals clash with the rich newcomers, conflicts have always been an inevitable part of life, but lately, the hostilities have turned ugly: someone has been setting seemingly random forest fires. Just as Nina is re-establishing her family ties and beginning her new life with Paul, she is called upon again.

 
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Tags: Death, Presumption, hostilities, turned, someone