SOC334-2014sp

Sociology of Education

Joseph A. Soares http://college.wfu.edu/sociology/people/faculty/joseph-soares

Evaluates the major theories and significant empirical literature, both historical and statistical, on the structure and effects of educational institutions. http://college.wfu.edu/sociology/wp-content/uploads/Full-Course-Offerings.pdf

Smartest Kids in the World - Amanda Ripley - ISBN-13 9781451654424 - August 13, 2013 - http://www.amandaripley.com/books/the-smartest-kids-in-the-world

SAT Wars - Joseph Soares - ISBN-13 9780807752623 - September 30, 2011

Power of Privilege - Joseph Soares - ISBN-13 9780804756389 - March 28, 2007

• http://www.oecd.org/pisa/keyfindings/pisa-2012-results.htm

• http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/01/23/shanghai-test-scores-and-the-mystery-of-the-missing-children/?_php=true&_type=blogs&emc=edit_tnt_20140123&tntemail0=y&_r=0

• http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/23/us/philadelphia-principals-fired-over-cheating.html?_r=0

• http://users.nber.org/~schools/charterschoolseval/

• http://credo.stanford.edu/research-reports.html

  • pierre bourdieu "the forms of capital" (translated) 1986 handbook of theory and research for the sociology - no idea what most of it said

  • Multiple Regression: A Primer - Paul D. Allison, ISBN-10: 0761985336, ISBN-13: 978-0761985334 December 29, 1998