The most exclusive boarding schools in America were created by old established families in order to define their cultural identity and isolate themselves from "nouveaux riches" industrialists and lower-class immigrants. Data on graduates, however, suggest that these schools brought together children of new wealth with those of old families.…

This article looks at Philippine data describing the upward course of educational attainment during a period of especially rapid economic change. It focuses on the distributional features of schooling as a status characteristic, relating the distribution of education to some important personal characteristics, including sex and aspects of social…

Institutions wishing to increase the perceived value of their degrees or awards do so by increasing demand for those degrees, by stimulating applications for admission (the certifying effect) and even reducing graduates. Receipt of one of these degrees increases chances of success and affluence (the consumer effect). (MSE)

In this study comparing the work values of younger and older men, small but statistically significant differences are found in the measures of security, values, economic values, and the anti-work ethic. The results also indicated that intrinsic and interpersonal work rewards are equally valued by the two groups. (Author/MC)

Investigates ego development in 32 lower-class and lower-middle class Black students at the sixth and twelfth grade levels. Ego development was measured by the Washington University Sentence Completion Test (WU-SCT). (Author/SS)

To investigate whether an experimental intervention would successfully improve the social position of rejected students, four students identified as the least accepted class members and four students with learning disabilities and/or educable mental handicaps were studied. (PHR)

Membership in the worldwide community means that students must possess globally competitive skills. In 1993, the author and the Colorado General Assembly worked to pass a comprehensive educational reform strategy that established "model" content standards in mathematics, science, geography, history, reading, and writing. Uniform…

In 1996, nonmetropolitan immigrants lived mainly in the South (37%) and West (35%) but were unevenly distributed. Over half were Mexican; 38% of naturalized citizens, and 24% of noncitizens were children. Compared to metro immigrants, nonmetro immigrants had lower educational attainment, earnings, and rates of welfare assistance and higher poverty…

Examined relationship between socioeconomic status (SES) and mediated learning experience (MLE) in mother-child free-play and structured interaction situations, and how well MLE predicted cognitive performance of kindergartners. Found that MLE scores were positively related to SES, and higher in free-play than in structured situations, especially…

Analysis of data from the National Longitudinal Study High School Class of 1972 found that having a two-year college education culminating in a degree or certificate (as compared to entering the labor market with no postsecondary education) improved individuals' occupational outcomes (income and/or job status), but left patterns of inequality…

Analyzes data from the Latino National Political Survey to examine whether nonelectoral political participation by Latino subgroups (Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, and Cuban Americans) can be explained on the basis of culture, socioeconomic status, or mobilization (political activism). Mobilization offered the strongest explanation for…

This follow-up of the effects of the national Bookstart pilot study compared samples of urban families through structured interviews. It found that two years later those families whose babies had been introduced to books in the original experiment gave more priority to looking at books, buying books as presents, and book sharing between parents…

Six teacher preparation categories were studied as significant components within the flow of resources for their effect on student achievement at one high-poverty middle school. Results found no significant mathematics achievement differences among students taught by teachers with full certification, alternative certification, or math temporary…

Examined changes in sense of family obligation (FO) among an ethnically diverse group of 745 Americans in transition from secondary school into young adulthood. Found that FO increased for all young adults, with slight variations according to ethnic and financial backgrounds. Implications of FO for employment and educational persistence depended…

Data from a national survey of high school students were examined to determine the effects of increased mathematics requirements on the kinds of mathematics students studied, dropout rates, achievement test score gains, and the association of socioeconomic status with test scores and dropping out. Results found little effect on probability of…