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Ornstein, Allan – Education and Urban Society, 2009
This article presents Allan Ornstein's response to highly respected scholar, Bruce Cooper's review of Ornstein's 2007 book, "Class Counts: Education, Inequality and the Shrinking Middle Class." Here Ornstein attempts to elaborate on a few points that he felt Cooper missed in his review.
Descriptors: Middle Class, Social Class, Social Influences, Socioeconomic Status
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Wilgus, Gay – Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2006
Research literature suggests that adults from working-class minority backgrounds demonstrate authoritarian and coercive tendencies in their choices of disciplinary strategies when compared with adults from middle-class, "white", "Anglo", or "North American" backgrounds. However, in a recent study in New York City,…
Descriptors: Working Class, Discipline, Educational Practices, Preschool Teachers