• RecordNumber
    2263
  • Author

    Morgan, Stephan L.

  • Crop_Body
    Stephan L. Morgan, Aage B. Sorensen
  • Title of Article

    parental networks, social closure, and mathematics learning: a test of colemans social capital explanation of school effects

  • Title Of Journal
    American Sociological Reviwew
  • PublishInfo
    American Sociological Association
  • Publication Year
    1999
  • Volum
    64
  • Issue Number
    5
  • Page
    661-668
  • Abstract
    Through an analysis of gains in mathematics achievement between the tenth and twelfth grades for respondents to the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988, we examine Coleman's explanation for why Catholic schools apparently produce more learning than public schools. According to Coleman, Catholic schools benefit from larger endowments of social capi­...
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