The Sage Handbook of Sociology of Education

Mark Berends is the Hackett Family Director of the Institute for Educational Initiatives at the University of Notre Dame. He is also a professor of sociology and directs the Center for Research on Educational Opportunity (CREO). He has written and published extensively on educational reform, school choice, the effects of family and school changes on student achievement trends and gaps, and the effects of schools and classrooms on student outcomes. His research focuses on how school organization and classroom instruction are related to student development, with special attention to underserved students and school reforms aimed at reducing educational inequalities. Within this agenda, he has applied a variety of quantitative and qualitative methods to understanding the effects of school reforms on students, teachers, and schools.

Stephen Lamb is Emeritus Professor of Education at Victoria University, in Australia. He was formerly Director of the Centre for International Research on Education Systems. Lamb has worked on a wide range of international and national projects on school funding, performance of schools and school systems, factors influencing student achievement, and social differences in school to work transition. His research is concerned with how well schools and education systems work, for whom, and why.

Introduction - Mark Berends, Stephen Lamb, Barbara Schneider PART 1: Education and Persistent Inequality Chapter 1: Inequality and Educational Policy: Lessons for Comparative Research After the Coleman Report - Ji Cao, Yutong Hu, and Tony Tam Chapter 2: Education: The Great Equalizer, Social Reproducer, or Legitimator of New Forms of Social Stratification - David Baker, Maryellen Schaub, Junghee Choi, Karly Ford Chapter 3: Old and New Questions in Cross-National Educational Research Using PISA Data: Institutional Features, Students' Well-Being, and Out-Of-School Learning Activities - Hyunjoon Park and Youngshin Lim Chapter 4: Comparative Studies of Educational Inequality: An Example Based on a Study of City Youth - Stephen Lamb Chapter 5: Ethnoracial Inequalities in Latin America - Edward Telles and Caroline Martinez Chapter 6: Education and Social Inequality in China - Wensong Shen and Emily Hannum Chapter 7: Educational Opportunities and Asian Communities - Jennifer Lee & Denise Ambriz Chapter 8: Gender and Educational Inequality - Lara Perez-Felkner Ladanya Ramirez Surmeier, and Rose Rezaei Chapter 9: Global Processes of Stratification: Gender and Social Class - Leandra Cate and Karly Ford Chapter 10: School Diversity and Life Course Outcomes - Roslyn Mickelson Chapter 11: Education, Health, and Inequalities - Emily A. Lybbert and Chandra Muller PART 2: Social & Family Contexts Chapter 12: Short- and Long-Term Payoffs of Early Childhood Education for Reducing Inequality - Rachel Gordon Chapter 13: Systemic Inequality in Early Childhood Education and Care: Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic" - Jen Jackson Chapter 14: Early Childhood Education Effects into Adulthood - Milagros Nores and Roshnee Prayag Chaper 15: Family Effects from Early Childhood into Adulthood - Emma Romell and Eric Grodsky Chapter 16: Social Inequality and Families - Christina Cross and Natasha Pilkauskas Chapter 17: Parental Involvement in Education Through a Sociological Lens - Julie Dallavis and Mark Berends Chapter 18: Immigrant Families and Educational Attainment - Oshin Khachikian and Nina Bandelj Chapter 19: Sitting on the Wall: The Intersection of International Migration and Education - Silvia Giorguli and Miguel Amaro PART 3: Schools & Educational Policy Chapter 20: Cross-National Socioeconomic Inequality and Educational Policy - Anna Katyn Chmielewski & Sheena Bell Chapter 21: The Social Context of Learning and Student Achievement Gaps - George Farkas Chapter 22: Family, School, and Community Contributions to Student Outcomes: International Perspectives on Family, School, and Community Factors that Contribute to Students' Health, Wellbeing and Achievement - Laura Perry, Genevieve McSporran and Peter Whipp Chapter 23: Social Differentiation and the Academic Curriculum - Richard Teese Chapter 24: Upper Secondary Education from a Comparative Perspective: Academic and Vocational Paths - Filomena Parada, Katja Upadyaya and Katariina Salmela-Aro Chapter 25: School Segregation in Chile and Effects on Social Cohesion - Andres Molina Chapter 26: Dropping Out of High School: An International Problem - Russell W. Rumberger Chapter 27: Students' Experiences of Academic Inequality - Marie Duru-Bellat Chapter 28: Educational Policies, Lifelong Learning, and Social Diversity - Tero Jarvinen and Heikki Silvennoinen Chapter 29: Social Policy Effects on Educational Inequities - Leila Morsy PART 4: Neighborhoods & Community Chapter 30: Neighborhood Effects on Schools and Students - Kendra Bischoff and Peter Rich Chapter 31: The Effects of Residential Mobility on Educational Outcomes - Carla Haelermans and Bregje van Geffen Chapter 32: The Kids Aren't Alright: Toward a Multicontextual View on School and Neighborhood - Jannick Demanet Chapter 33: Social Context and School Processes - Ruth Lupton Chapter 34: School Differentiation in Urban Spaces: Social Diversity, Segregation and Inequality - Quentin Maire PART 5: Education &a