Education
Leader: Sean Reardon
The purpose of the Education RG is to examine trends in the extent to which educational access and achievement are related to poverty and family background. The scholars working within this RG are examining state-level differences in the effects of social origins, uncovering the causes of the recent rise in the socioeconomic achievement gap, uncovering the causes of the yet more recent turnaround in this rise (among kindergarten children), and examining the ways in which high-achieving children from poor backgrounds can be induced to go to college. The following is a sampling of relevant CPI projects.
Reducing the race gap in test scores: How can the black-white gap in achievement test scores be eliminated? The new Stanford Education Data Archive (SEDA) will provide the most systematic evidence to date on the capacity of school-district policies to reduce the gap.
Colleges and rising income inequality: Are colleges delivering upward mobility for those raised in poverty? The new “Mobility Report Card” will provide unusually detailed data on this fundamental question.
Poverty and schooling on reservations: The noted ethnographer Martin Sánchez-Jankowski is examining how education on reservations can be reformed to reduce dropout, poverty, and suicide.
Featured Examples
Education - CPI Research
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Racial, Educational, and Religious Endogamy In the United States: A Comparative Historical Perspective | Michael J. Rosenfeld |
Racial, Educational, and Religious Endogamy In the United States: A Comparative Historical PerspectiveAuthor: Michael J. RosenfeldPublisher: Social Forces Date: 01/2008 This paper draws broad comparisons between marriage patterns by race, by education, and by religion in the U.S. for the entire 20th century, using a variety of data sources. The comparative approach allows several general conclusions. First, racial endogamy has declined sharply over the 20th century, but race is still the most powerful division in the marriage market. Second, higher education has little effect on racial endogamy for blacks and whites. Third, the division between Jews and Christians is still strong, but the division between Catholics and Protestants in the marriage market has been relatively weak since the early 20th century. Fourth, educational endogamy has been relatively stable over time. |
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Getting a Job: Is There a Motherhood Penalty? | Shelley J. Correll, Stephen Benard, In Paik |
Getting a Job: Is There a Motherhood Penalty?Author: Shelley J. Correll, Stephen Benard, In PaikPublisher: American Journal of Sociology Date: 03/2007 |
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Social Class and Earnings Inequality | Kim A. Weeden, Young-Mi Kim, Matthew Di Carlo, David B. Grusky |
Social Class and Earnings InequalityAuthor: Kim A. Weeden, Young-Mi Kim, Matthew Di Carlo, David B. GruskyPublisher: American Behavioral Scientist Date: 01/2007 |
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Do Returns to Schooling Differ by Race and Ethnicity? | Lisa Barrow, Cecilia Elena Rouse |
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Do Returns to Schooling Differ by Race and Ethnicity?Author: Lisa Barrow, Cecilia Elena RousePublisher: American Economic Review Date: 05/2005 |
Family Structure and Children’s Behavioral and Cognitive Outcomes | Carlson, Marcia, J., Mary Corcoran |
Family Structure and Children’s Behavioral and Cognitive OutcomesAuthor: Carlson, Marcia, J., Mary CorcoranPublisher: Journal of Marriage and Family Date: 03/2004 |
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education - CPI Affiliates
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Michelle Jackson |
Assistant Professor of Sociology |
Stanford University |
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Robin Samuel |
Associate Professor of Sociology |
University of Luxembourg |
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John Meyer |
Professor of Sociology (Emeritus), Professor of Education (by courtesy) |
Stanford University |
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Yossi Shavit |
Weinberg Professor of Sociology |
Tel Aviv University |
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Samuel R. Lucas |
Professor of Sociology; Faculty Affiliate of the Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison |
University of California, Berkeley |
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Education - Other Research
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The Race Between Education and Technology | Goldin, Claudia, Lawrence F. Katz |
The Race Between Education and TechnologyAuthor: Goldin, Claudia, Lawrence F. KatzPublisher: Harvard University Press Date: 03/2010 |
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Unequal Chances: Family Background and Economic Success | Bowles, Samuel, Herbert Gintis, Melissa Osborne Groves |
Unequal Chances: Family Background and Economic SuccessAuthor: Bowles, Samuel, Herbert Gintis, Melissa Osborne GrovesPublisher: Princeton University Press and Russell Sage Date: 01/2005 |
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Inequality: A Reassessment of the Effect of Family and Schooling in America | Jencks, Christopher, Marshall Smith, Henry Acland... |
Inequality: A Reassessment of the Effect of Family and Schooling in AmericaAuthor: Jencks, Christopher, Marshall Smith, Henry Acland...Publisher: Date: 10/1972 |
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Marxism and Class Theory: A Bourgeois Critique | Frank Parkin |
Marxism and Class Theory: A Bourgeois CritiqueAuthor: Frank ParkinPublisher: Columbia University Press Date: *** |
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Job Displacement and Social Participation over the Lifecourse: Findings for a Cohort of Joiners | Jennie E. Brand and Sarah A. Burgard |
Job Displacement and Social Participation over the Lifecourse: Findings for a Cohort of JoinersAuthor: Jennie E. Brand and Sarah A. BurgardPublisher: Social Forces Date: |
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