Children, Schools, And Inequality [Hardcover]

Educational sociologists have paid relatively little attention to children in middle childhood (ages 6 to 12), whereas developmental psychologists have emphasized factors internal to the child much more than the social contexts in explaining children's development. Children, Schools, and Inequality redresses that imbalance. It examines elementary sChildren and Inequality -- The Nature of Schooling -- Low Socioeconomic Status -- Elementary School Organization -- Family Configuration -- The Pluses and Minuses of Being Male -- The Overall PictureThis book deals with U.S. children's schooling in their middle childhood years (ages 6 to 12). It examines how the inequity embedded in the various dimensions of social structure-school and family organization, family socioeconomic status, gender, and age—affect schooling.Doris R Entwisle, Linda Steffel OlsonUSCopyright ? 1997 by Taylor & Francis