Inheriting Possibility: Social Reproduction and Quantification in Education

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Inheriting Possibilityrethinks methods of quantification and theories of social reproduction in education, demonstrating that test performance results and parenting practices convey the impact of patterns of differential possibility. Through analyses of empirical data and cultural artifacts, this book reconsiders how we conceptualize the processes of inheritance and approach social inquiry to sharpen understanding and address the reproducing forces of inequality.

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"In Inheriting Possibility, Ezekiel J. Dixon-Romn establishes himself as a social philosopher, methodologist, and policy analyst. In short, he provides the two ingredients on which intellectuals since Marx have relied: theory and method. As a theorist, few scholars match his ability to deconstruct the false binary between nature and culture. As a methodologist, he possesses sophisticated, interpretive skills of psychometrics and measurements epistemological limits. Dixon-Romn is not only the complete package, but stands out as one of the most creative intellectuals of our time."Zeus Leonardo, author of Race Frameworks: A Multidimensional Theory of Racism and Education

"How can a cultural theory of quantification become the starting point for a materialist analysis of socio-cultural forms of inheritance Inheriting Possibility offers us compelling arguments for new ontologies of the number and radically challenges what we know about the use of statistics in education and socio-cultural analysis."Dr. Luciana Parisi, Goldsmiths, University of London

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Ezekiel J. Dixon-Romn is associate professor of social policy in the School of Social Policy and Practice at the University of Pennsylvania. He is coeditor of Thinking Comprehensively About Education.