Sociology of Education
Extra Issue 1996
Special Issue on Sociology and Educational Policy: Bringing Scholarship and Practice Together
Peter W. Cookson, Jr., Joseph C. Conaty, and Harold S. Himmelfarb, Guest Editors
Front Matter and Table of Contents
New Connections for Sociology and Education: Contributing to School Reform
Joyce L. Epstein
The Problem of Individualism in Family-School Policies
Annette Lareau and Wesley Shumar
Opportunity-to-Learn Standards: A Sociological Critique
Kevin J. Dougherty
Opportunities to Learn and Student Diversity: Prospects and Pitfalls of a Common Core Curriculum
James M. McPartland and barbara Schneider
Access to and Opportunity in Postsecondary Education in the United States: A Review
Therese L. Baker and William Vélez
Policy Uses of Research on the High School-to-Work Transition
James E. Rosenbaum
Forming American Educational Policy with International Data: Lessons from the Sociology of Education
John W. Meyer and David P. Baker
Bridging the Gap between Research and Practice
Maureen T. Hallinan
Potential Pitfalls of Systemic Reform: Early Lessons from Detracking Research
Amy Stuart Wells and Jeannie Oakes