13. School Segregation by Race/Ethnicity and Economic Status

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Illustrations vii
4. Editors’ Introduction 1
5. Part 1. Theoretical Orientations in the Sociology of Education
6. 1. The Growth of Schooling in Global Perspective 7
7. 2. A Contextual Understanding of Schools’ Role in the Stratification System: Are Schools a Compensatory, Neutral, or Exacerbatory Institution? 23
8. Part 2. Student Experiences in Education
9. 3. Gender Inequality in Education: Outcomes and Experiences 41
10. 4. Hidden in Plain Sight: Rethinking Race in Education 54
11. 5. Immigrant Children and Children of Immigrants in American Schools: Shifting Demographics 66
12. Case Study 1. Sexualities in Education
13. EDITORS’ NOTE 81
14. 6. Social Class and Student-Teacher Interactions 96
15. 7. First-Generation College Students 110
16. 8. Peer Sorting, Peer Influence, and Student Outcomes 129
17. Case Study 2. The “Asian F” and the Racialization of Achievement 141
18. Part 3. Schools and Other Educational Organizations
19. 9. Creating the Canon: The Meaning and Effects of Textbooks and Curricula 157
20. 10. Sorting Students for Learning: Eight Questions about Secondary-School Tracking 178
21. 11. Special Education and Social Inequality 192
22. 12. A Sociology of School Discipline 208
23. Case Study 3. Within Elite Academic Walls: Inequity and Student Experience on Campus
24. EDITORS’ NOTE 222
25. 13. School Segregation by Race/Ethnicity and Economic Status 237
26. 14. Sociological Perspectives on Leading and Teaching for School Change 254
27. 15. School Choice: Policy and Perspectives 268
28. 16. Higher Education and the Labor Market 283
29. Case Study 4. Importing School Forms across Professional Fields: An Understudied Phenomenon in the Sociology of Education 300
30. Index 311