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010    $a 2004019387
020    $a 9781593320638 (alk. paper)
020    $a 1593320639 (alk. paper)
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050 00 $a LB3064.2 $b .R4 2005
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100 1  $a Ream, Robert Ketner, $d 1966-
245 1  $a Uprooting children : $b mobility, social capital, and Mexican American underachievement / $c Robert Ketner Ream.
260    $a New York : $b LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, $c 2005.
300    $a xii, 252 p. : $b ill. ; $c 23 cm.
490 1  $a The new Americans
504    $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-204) and index.
505 0  $a Introduction. Changing demographics in the United States -- Nature and extent of the achievement gap -- Explaining Mexican American underachievement -- Where traditional explanations fall short -- Society's interest in eliminating the achievement gap -- The current study -- Overview -- The achievement gap, social capital and mobility : an overview. Theories employed to investigate the achievement gap -- Where traditional explanations fall short -- Social capital -- Mobility -- Mixed methods research design. The current study -- Research design, data collection and interpretation -- Test score performance and rates of mobility by socioeconomic and nativity status. The twelfth grade test score gap -- The incidence of mobility -- The causes of student mobility --
505 0  $a Group level differences in the availability of social capital by socioeconomic and nativity status. Family social capital -- Family social capital by SES and immigrant status -- Peer social capital -- Peer social capital by SES and immigrant status -- Community social capital -- Community social capital by SES and immigrant status -- School social capital -- School social capital by SES and immigrant status -- Informal social networks and the mobility/social capital dynamic. The dynamic within families -- The dynamic among peers -- Formal social networks : the mobility/social capital dynamic and the "downside" of social capital. The dynamic within the community -- The school social capital dynamic -- Summary of findings and recommendations. Appendix A. NELS:88 variables considered in the development of composite and latent measures of social capital -- Appendix B. Variable descriptions, means, standard deviations and mean comparisons in the sample -- Appendix C. Interview protocols -- Appendix D. Logistical information -- Appendix E. Parent/student permission forms.
650  0 $a Student mobility $z United States.
650  0 $a Academic achievement $z United States.
650  0 $a Social capital (Sociology) $z United States.
650  0 $a Mexican American students.
650  0 $a Minority students $z United States.
830  0 $a New Americans (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
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