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Direct linkDowney, Douglas B.; Condron, Dennis J. – Sociology of Education, 2016
The commentaries on Downey and Condron found in this issue help advance an overdue conversation about schools and inequality. This paper considers two questions that are prompted by the comments from the authors' colleagues: (1) Would we make more progress reducing socio-economic and racial achievement gaps by reforming schools or by reforming the…
Descriptors: Social Scientists, Educational Sociology, Equal Education, Federal Government
Jencks, Christopher – Sociology of Education, 2016
Christopher Jencks is the Malcolm Wiener Professor of Social Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School. Here he comments that Downey and Condron (2016) (DC) argue that the sociology of education suffers from a one-sided view of schools' contribution to inequality. He agrees that most sociologists who study what goes on inside schools tend to portray…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Academic Achievement, Summer Programs, Summer Schools
Download full textMcKernan, Jim, Ed. – Irish Educational Studies, 1984
The following papers dealing with education in Ireland are presented: "The Fortunes of Education as a Subject of Study and of Research in Ireland" (John Coolahan); "The Irish Charter Schools: The Grand Design in Principle and Practice" (Kenneth Milne); "Quaker Education in 18th and 19th Century Ireland" (Cyril G.…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education
