After the Bell - Family Background, Public Policy and Educational Success

Informationen zum Autor Dalton Conley is Director, Center for Advanced Social Science Research, New York University, USA. Karen Albright is Instructor of Sociology, New York University, USA. Klappentext Since the publication of the Coleman report in the US! it has been widely accepted that the evidence that schools are marginal in the grand scheme of academic achievement is conclusive. Despite this! educational policy across the world remains focused almost exclusively on schools. Zusammenfassung This book looks at the social and economic factors of schooling and will prove an intriguing read for sociologists, social economists and policy-makers alike. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. How Do Parents Matter 2. Family Background, Education Determination and Policy Implications 3. Young Children's Achievement in School and Socioeconomic Background 4. Macro Causes, Micro Effects 5. Fathers: An Overlooked Resource for Children's Educational Success 6. Intergenerational Assets and the Black/White Test Score Gap 7. Teenage Employment and High School Completion 8. School-Community Relationships...

Product details

• Authors: Karen Conley Albright, Dalton Albright Conley, CONLEY DALTON ALBRIGHT KAREN
• Assisted by: Karen Albright (Editor), Albright Karen (Editor), Dalton Conley (Editor), Conley Dalton (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.01.2004
• EAN: 9780415308960
• ISBN: 978-0-415-30896-0
• No. of pages: 348
• Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology; Routledge Advances in Sociology
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous; Social Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory, Sociology: family & relationships, Sociology: family and relationships, Schools, Schools and pre-schools, EDUCATION / Schools / General