Previous literature has failed to empirically demonstrate the conceptual distinction that social
scientists make between" dominant" and" non-dominant" cultural capital. This article …

Bourdieu developed cultural capital theory to explain the upper class' exclusive cultivation of
skills, knowledge, and dispositions (ie, cultural capital) that yield institutional advantages …

Theories of cultural capital and family educational resources explain how and why
background matters for achievement, yet it is unclear whether the processes described are …

This article conceptualizes community cultural wealth as a critical race theory (CRT)
challenge to traditional interpretations of cultural capital. CRT shifts the research lens away …

Ethnographers and other students of interaction have documented the impact of status
factors on students' success in school. Yet survey research data consistently show the …

Sociologists of education frequently draw on the cultural capital framework to explore the
ways in which educational institutions perpetuate inequality in schools and the larger …

While an extensive body of research has examined the role of cultural capital in reproducing
social class inequality in educational outcomes, the role of habitus and school context has …

This article presents a case study of parents' involvement with their third-grade children.
Using interviews and classroom observations, the research revealed how some black …

Although the rapid immigration, migration waves, and population movements that are
occurring at the beginning of this millennium are not a new phenomena, what is new are …

Newcomer young men confront numerous obstacles that limit their chances for attainment
and achievement. Using social and cultural capital frameworks and a case study …