This research article examines the widespread practice of ability grouping in educational
systems across different countries, exploring its impact on academic achievement and its …

This systematic review gives an overview of the effects of differentiation practices on
language and math performance in primary education, synthesizing the results of empirical …

In Negotiating Opportunities, Jessica McCrory Calarco argues that the middle class has a
negotiated advantage in school. Drawing on five years of ethnographic fieldwork, Calarco …

We examined the age of onset, over-time dynamics, and mechanisms underlying science
achievement gaps in US elementary and middle schools. To do so, we estimated multilevel …

Studies have not conclusively established whether teacher job satisfaction improves student
achievement or whether the advantages to students from having satisfied teachers vary with …

Scholars typically view class socialization as an implicit process. This study instead shows
how parents actively transmit class-based cultures to children and how these lessons …

Looking in Classrooms uses educational, psychological, and social science theories and
classroom-based research to teach future classroom teachers about the complexities and …

Teachers' subjective understandings of their students' cognitive abilities have important
implications for classroom interactions, children's access to resources and opportunities …

The ninth edition of The Sociology of Education examines the field in rare breadth by
incorporating a diverse range of theoretical approaches and a distinct sociological lens in its …

Over the past several decades, research has documented strong relationships between
social class and children's cognitive abilities. These initial cognitive differences, which are …