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Branigan, Amelia R. – Sociology of Education, 2017
In this study I hypothesize a larger penalty of obesity on teacher-assessed academic performance for white girls in English, where femininity is privileged, than in math, where stereotypical femininity is perceived to be a detriment. This pattern of associations would be expected if obesity largely influences academic performance through social…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, National Surveys, Obesity, Academic Achievement
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Dixon-Román, Ezekiel J. – Urban Education, 2013
This study sought to examine the association of the various forms of capital on the developed achievement of Black males. As one of the richest longitudinal family economic data sets, the Child Development Supplement to the Panel Study of Income Dynamics is used to estimate multilevel growth models of the math and reading achievement of Black…
Descriptors: Males, African Americans, Social Capital, Cultural Capital
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Krezmien, Michael P.; Mulcahy, Candace; Travers, Jason; Wilson, Michael; Wells, Craig – Journal of Special Education Leadership, 2013
This study provides the first systematic examination of the status of reading performance among incarcerated youth since the 1978 Project READ report. The purpose of this study was to provide a contemporary depiction of reading skills of a large sample of incarcerated youth, and to provide leaders and administrators with some tangible…
Descriptors: Institutionalized Persons, Reading Skills, Correctional Institutions, Youth