This article examines evolving uses of Bourdieu's signature concept of Cultural Capital in
American educational research. Bourdieu originally developed the concept in the 1960s and …

Middle‐class flight from urban public schools to suburban districts or private schools is a key
source of educational inequality. Recently, however, a number of studies have focused on …

From TV's “real housewives” to The Wolf of Wall Street, our popular culture portrays the
wealthy as materialistic and entitled. But what do we really know about those who live on …

Racial segregation remains a persistent problem in US schools. In this article, we examine
how social psychological factors—in particular, individuals' perceptions of schools with …

Multiple studies have shown the potential for school choice policies to benefit middle-class
families, often to the detriment of lower income students in the same district. Yet, there is …

Most US students attend racially segregated schools. To understand this pattern, I employ a
survey experiment with New York City families actively choosing schools and investigate …

In this critical, political discourse analysis, we trace how two concepts, equity and quality,
became discursively linked and contested in the administration of postsecondary education …

With the proliferation of choice policies in education, parents are increasingly positioned as
'consumers' tasked with choosing the 'best'school for their children. Yet a large body of …

Despite decades of research on residential mobility and neighborhood effects, we know
comparatively less about how people sort across geography. In recent years, scholars have …

Expanded school-choice policies have weakened the traditional link between residence and
school assignment. These policies have created new school options and new labor for …