Used 716 adult children residing in parent households to investigate the antecedents of continuing and return coresidence. Variations across age groups are investigated. Coresidence history is related to such child characteristics as marital status and education and varies across age groups, but continuing and return coresidents are more similar…

In a Fort Collins, Colorado, school district, parents whose children attend alternative schools choose schools for all the right reasons. Unfortunately, only a limited segment of parents exercises a choice. Teachers say alternative schools skim off the most motivated parents and students, leaving the problem children behind. These survey results…

Notes that student learning declines or remains stagnant during the summer months and that the magnitude of change differs by socioeconomic status. Explains a summer reading program called Continued Connections which used a converted recreational vehicle as a mobile classroom. Concludes that this program helped students increase their reading…

Describes the construction and results of a predictive model that could help identify what factors seemed to influence voter choices on a school voucher constitutional amendment in California. Precinct voting outcome data from the County of Los Angeles were linked to voter demographics along with measures of local school quality and existing…

Reviews the case of school choice in Argentina, in view of recent research on socioeconomic segregation in the educational system. Reveals that Argentina has neither demand subsidy programs or voucher systems. Argues that Argentina's strong regulations encourage parents with greater economic or political capacity to choose how their children are…

This study developed and examined a multidimensional, interdisciplinary model of social status among 487 fourth- through sixth-grade students. Seven subtypes were identified based on dimensions of likability, perceived popularity, and social dominance (high status, perceived popular/dominant, well-liked/dominant, average, low dominant/unpopular,…

Investigated factors influencing substance abuse among sixth- and seventh-graders from an affluent suburban community. Found high rates of depressive symptoms among older girls, links between internalizing symptoms and substance abuse, and peer approval of substance use among older boys. Distress was linked to achievement pressures and isolation…

Examines occupational and educational aspirations and expectations of 13-year olds as influenced by local opportunity structures. It is argued that differences in aspirations and expectations are largely explained by the socioeconomic location of families rather than by the structure of the local labor market. (FC)

Analyses of national longitudinal survey data revealed that male college students were much more likely than females to enter fields of study with high economic returns; socioeconomic factors did not affect entry into lucrative fields net of other background factors, but did affect entry into selective colleges; and measured academic ability…

Examines the impact of a woman's family background on transitions to sexual activity, marriage, and motherhood. Documents how parental education, parental survival status, and other factors are important in the transition to adult roles. Findings suggest that increases in educational levels should contribute to delays in these transitions and…

Analyzed 1992 and 1998 data from National Longitudinal Study of Youth to investigate effect of maternal marital status on maternal reports of behavior problems in African American adolescents. Found that maternal marital status did not have a significant relationship with maternal reports of behavior problems. However, mothers in married families…

Discusses the Aberdare Committee created to remedy shortcomings arising from a non-intervention policy in Welsh secondary education, eminating from the 1881 Report of the Committee on Intermedicate and Higher Education (Wales). Focuses on three commissions: the Caredon, Taunton, and Devonshire. Discusses the committee outcomes regarding English…

Reports on social skills and social status of 22 Australian students, with mainly moderate intellectual disabilities, who underwent an inclusive preschool intervention. Finds that the students spent more time with developing peers. Discovered differences between students with disabilities and other students in relation to time spent with peers…

This study examined fourth- and fifth-grade girls' cognitions of their relationally aggressive peers as a function of their own relationally aggressive and sociometric status. Findings indicated that relationally aggressive girls tended to display a relatively cautious and wary social cognitive style in relationally provocative social situations.…

Critically reviews old and recent research on African American father absence, calling for a paradigmatic shift that emphasizes the value of investigating the effects of father absence as part of a transactional process. Views father absence as a stressor that can potentially give rise to additional stressors that can increase childhood risks for…