An edition of Research on schools, neighborhoods, and communities
(2012)
Research on schools, neighborhoods, and communities
toward civic responsibility
by William F. Tate
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"This volume focuses on research and theoretical developments related to the role of place or geography in matters of education, human development, and health. Multiple disciplinary perspectives are presented in order to provide different views of the strengths and problems in our communities. Research presented provides historical, moral, and scientifically based arguments organized to inform understandings of civic problems as well as to present possible solutions"-- Provided by publisher.
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EDUCATION / Research, Educational equalization, EDUCATION / Evaluation, EDUCATION / Higher, EDUCATION / Multicultural Education, Educational sociology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Community and school, PSYCHOLOGY / Education & Training, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, Educational sociology, united statesPlaces
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Research on schools, neighborhoods, and communities: toward civic responsibility
2012, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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Introduction
William F. Tate IV
Part I. Conceptualizing Urban Space
Neighborhood Inequality, Violence, and the Social Infrastructure of the American City
Robert Sampson
Toward a Theory of Place: Social Mobility, Proximity and Proximal Capital
Odis D. Johnson, Jr.
Urban Opportunity Structure and Racial/Ethnic Polarization
George C. Galster
Racial Segregation in Multiethnic Schools: Adding Immigrants to the Analysis
Ingrid Gould Ellen and Katherine O'Regan with Amy Ellen Schwartz and Leanaa Stiefel
Part II. The Growing Complexity of Metropolitan America
Suburbanization and School Segregation
sean f. reardon, John T. Yun, and Anna K. Chmielewski
Schools Matter: Segregation, Unequal Educational Opportunities, and the Achievement Gap in the Boston Region
John R. Logan and Dierdre Oakley
Still Separate, Still Unequal, but Not Always So Suburban: The Changing Nature of Suburban School Districts in the New York Metropolitan Area.
Amy Stewart Wells, Douglas Ready, Jacquelyn Duran, Courtney Grzesikowski, Kathryn Hill, Allison Roda, Miya Warner, and Terenda White
Adding geospatial perspective to research on schools, communities, and neighborhoods
Mark Hogrebe
Part III. Teaching and Learning Research in Social Context
Conceptual and Methodological Challenges to a Cultural and Ecological Framework for Studying Human Learning and Development
Carol D. Lee
An Ecological and Activity Theoretic Approach to Studying Diasporic and Non-Dominant Communities
Kris Gutierrez and Angela E. Arzubiaga
Reconstructing Education in America
Henry M. Levin
Can School Improvement Reduce Racial Inequality
Stephen Raudenbush
Seeing our way into learning science in informal environments
Shirley Brice Heath
No Color Necessary: High School Students' Discourse on College Support Systems and College Readiness
Evellyn Elizondo, Walter R.Allen, and Miguel Ceja
Taking Math and Science to Black Parents: Promises and Challenges of a Community-Based Intervention for Educational Change
Roslyn Arlin Mickelson, Linwood Cousins, Anne Valasco, and Brian Williams
Research Infrastructure for Improving Urban Education
Larry V. Hedges and Nathan Jones
Part IV. Research on Human Development, Health, and Human Service Providers in Social Context
Maximizing Cultural and Contextually-Sensitive Assessment Strategies in Developmental and Educational Research
Margaret Beale Spencer, Brian Tinsley, Davido Dupree, and Suzanne Fegley
Immigrant Children Hiding in Plain Sight in the Margins of the Urban Infrastructure
Michael A. Olivas
Delivering High Quality Public Services to Vulnerable Families and Children in America's Cities: The Lessons from Reforming Child Welfare
Olivia Golden
Health Disparities among African Americans in Urban Populations
Sheri Notaro
Pandemic Preparedness: Using Geospatial Models to Inform Planning in Systems of Education and Health in Metropolitan American
William F. Tate IV
A "Tragic Dichotomy": A Case Study of Industrial Lead Contamination and Management in a Company Town
Jill McNew
Part V. Case Studies of Metropolitan Communities
Urban America in Distress: A Case Study Analysis of Gary, Indiana: 1968-1987
Gail E. Wolfe
God's Will or Government Policy: Katrina's Unveiling of History and Mass Dispersion of Black People
Jerome Morris
The White House Office on Urban Affairs: Regionalism, Sustainability, and the Neglect of Social Infrastructure
Ronald Walters
Epilogue
Toward Civic Responsibility and Civic Engagement
William F. Tate, IV.
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