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Direct linkGamoran, Adam – Sociology of Education, 2016
In the half century since the 1966 Coleman Report, scholars have yet to develop a consensus regarding the relationship between schools and inequality. The Coleman Report suggested that schools play little role in generating achievement gaps, but social scientists have identified many ways in which schools provide better learning environments to…
Descriptors: Educational Sociology, Disadvantaged Youth, Equal Education, School Role
Carter, Prudence L. – Sociology of Education, 2016
Prudence Carter is the Jacks Family Professor of Education, Professor of Sociology (by courtesy), and Faculty Director of the John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities at Stanford University. She has authored numerous journal articles, book chapters, and essays, and in June 2016, Carter will become Dean of the Graduate School of…
Descriptors: Educational Sociology, Socioeconomic Status, Social Influences, Achievement Gap
Schneider, Barbara – Sociology of Education, 2016
Barbara Schneider is the John A. Hannah Chair and University Distinguished Professor in the College of Education and Department of Sociology at Michigan State University. Her research focuses on how the social contexts of schools and families influence the academic and social well being of adolescents as they move into adulthood. In this article…
Descriptors: Equal Education, School Role, Environmental Influences, Educational Environment
Meyer, John W. – Sociology of Education, 2016
In the half century since the 1966 Coleman Report, scholars have yet to develop a consensus regarding the relationship between schools and inequality. The Coleman Report suggested that schools play little role in generating achievement gaps, but social scientists have identified many ways in which schools provide better learning environments to…
Descriptors: Equal Education, School Role, Socioeconomic Status, Achievement Gap
Downey, Douglas B.; Quinn, David M.; Alcaraz, Melissa – Sociology of Education, 2019
What is schools' role in the stratification system? One view is that schools are an important mechanism for perpetuating inequality because children from advantaged backgrounds (white and high socioeconomic) enjoy better school learning environments than their disadvantaged peers. But it is difficult to know this with confidence because children's…
Descriptors: School Effectiveness, School Role, Advantaged, Socioeconomic Status
Downey, Douglas B.; Condron, Dennis J. – Sociology of Education, 2016
In the half century since the 1966 Coleman Report, scholars have yet to develop a consensus regarding the relationship between schools and inequality. The Coleman Report suggested that schools play little role in generating achievement gaps, but social scientists have identified many ways in which schools provide better learning environments to…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Social Bias, School Role, Achievement Gap
