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After the bell : family background, public policy, and educational success
- Title
- After the bell : family background, public policy, and educational success / [edited by] Dalton Coley [i.e. Conley] and Karen Albright.
- Publication
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2004.
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- Description
- x, 337 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
- Summary
- Since the publication of the Coleman report in the US many decades ago, 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. This volume focuses its searchlight on family background and its impact on educational success. That schools have an important role in education is beyond question, but this book demonstrates some of the crucial ways that non-school factors matter covering such themes as: the impact of fathers on educational success, socio-economic background and young children's education, and school-community relationships. With contributions from such figures as Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Doris Entwistle and Richard Arum, this book is an important contribution to a debate that has implications across the board in social sciences and policy-making. It will be required reading for students and academics within sociology, economics and education and should also find a place on the bookshelves of education policy-makers.
- Series Statement
- Routledge advances in sociology ; 12
- Uniform Title
- Routledge advances in sociology ; 12.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [290]-329) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: American educational policy in historical perspective / Karen Albright, Dalton Conley -- The case for family background -- How do parents matter? Income, interactions, and intervention during early childhood / Miriam R. Linver, Allison Sidle Fuligni, Jeanne Brooks-Gunn -- Family background, education determination, and policy implications: some selected aspects from various countries / Jere R. Behrman -- Young children's achievement in school and socio-economic background / Doris R. Entwisle, Karl L. Alexander, Linda Steffel Olson -- Exploring family effects -- Macro causes, micro effects: linking public policy, family structure, and educational outcomes / Brian Powell, Regina Werum, Lala Carr Steelman -- Fathers: an overlooked resource for children's educational success / W. Jean Yeung -- Intergenerational assets and the black/white test score gap / Ariel Kalil, Mary Pattillo, Monique R. Payne -- Family backgrounds, schooling, and the labor market -- Teenage employment and high school completion / John Robert Warren, Jennifer C. Lee, Emily Forrest Cataldi -- School-community relationships and the early labor market outcomes of sub-baccalaureate students / Richard Arum, Sandra Way.
- ISBN
- 0415308968
- 9780415308960
- 9780203180433
- 0203180437
- LCCN
- 2003058643
- OCLC
- ocm52920238
- 52920238
- SCSB-8914170
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library