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Gormley, Kathleen; McDermott, Peter – Educational Forum, 2014
In this study, we collected and analyzed data to examine the extent to which the achievement gap between urban and suburban children extended to their knowledge of digital literacies. Findings indicated that the suburban children outperformed the urban students in each of the performance areas, and that suburban children reported greater…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Suburban Schools, Comparative Analysis, Achievement Gap
Calarco, Jessica McCrory – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Despite popular beliefs about social mobility in American society, research consistently shows that inequalities are reproduced across generations. And yet, while social reproduction hinges on the transmission of advantages from parents to children, scholars take for granted children's role in this process. We do not know whether children…
Descriptors: Social Class, Longitudinal Studies, Ethnography, Working Class