Other People's Racism: Race, Rednecks, and Riots in a Southern High School [0.03%]
别人的种族主义：南方一所高中的种族、红脖子与骚乱
Jessica Halliday Hardie,Karolyn Tyson
Jessica Halliday Hardie
This article uses data drawn from nine months of fieldwork and student, teacher, and administrator interviews at a southern high school to analyze school racial conflict and the construction of racism. We find that institutional inequalitie...
Jason M Fletcher,Marta Tienda
Jason M Fletcher
This paper uses administrative data from the University of Texas-Austin to examine whether the number of same high school classmates at college entry influences college achievement, measured by grade point average (GPA) and persistence. For...
Rethinking the Cultural Context of Schooling Decisions in Disadvantaged Neighborhoods: From Deviant Subculture to Cultural Heterogeneity [0.03%]
反思不利社区中教育决策的文化背景：从反常亚文化到文化多元性
David J Harding
David J Harding
The literature on neighborhood effects on schooling theorizes that neighborhood cultural context is an important mechanism generating such effects. However, explanations that rely on subcultural theories, such as oppositional culture, have ...
WHY DO IMMIGRANT YOUTH WHO NEVER ENROLL IN U.S. SCHOOLS MATTER? AN EXAMINATION OF SCHOOL ENROLLMENT AMONG MEXICANS AND NON-HISPANIC WHITES [0.03%]
为什么从未在美国上学的移民青年值得关注？一项针对墨西哥人和非西班牙裔白人的上学情况的研究
R S Oropesa,Nancy S Landale
R S Oropesa
Using data from the 2000 Public Use Sample of the U.S. Census, this research examines how estimates of school enrollment and school-work patterns among Mexican-origin adolescents are affected by including or excluding young immigrants who n...
Competitive Food Sales in Schools and Childhood Obesity: A Longitudinal Study [0.03%]
学校竞争性食品销售与儿童肥胖：一项纵向研究
Jennifer Van Hook,Claire E Altman
Jennifer Van Hook
The vast majority of American middle schools and high schools sell what is known as "competitive foods", such as soft drinks, candy bars, and chips, to children. The relationship between consumption of sugar-sweetened drinks and snacks and ...
Carey E Cooper,Cynthia A Osborne,Audrey N Beck et al.
Carey E Cooper et al.
Trends in family formation during the past several decades have increased children's exposure to mothers' partnership instability, defined as an entrance into or exit from a coresidential union or a dating partnership. Instability, in turn,...
Lance D Erickson,Steve McDonald,Glen H Elder Jr
Lance D Erickson
Few studies have examined the impact that mentoring (i.e., developing a special relationship with a non-parental adult) has on educational achievement and attainment in the general population. In addition, prior research has yet to clarify ...
Robert L Wagmiller Jr,Elizabeth Gershoff,Philip Veliz et al.
Robert L Wagmiller Jr et al.
Promoting marriage, especially among low-income single mothers with children, is increasingly viewed as a promising public policy strategy for improving developmental outcomes for disadvantaged children. Previous research suggests, however,...
Jeremy Staff,John E Schulenberg,Jerald G Bachman
Jeremy Staff
Teenagers working over 20 hours per week perform worse in school than youth who work less. There are two competing explanations for this association: (1) that paid work takes time and effort away from activities that promote achievement, su...
Marital Transitions, Parenting, and Schooling: Exploring the Link Between Family-Structure History and Adolescents' Academic Status [0.03%]
婚姻变动、抚养方式与教育：探索家庭结构经历与青少年学业状态之间的关系
Shannon E Cavanagh,Kathryn S Schiller,Catherine Riegle-Crumb
Shannon E Cavanagh
The linkage between family structure and adolescents' academic experiences is part of a larger, dynamic process unfolding over time. To investigate this phenomenon, this study drew on the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health and...