High school dropout is commonly seen as the result of a long-term process of failure and
disengagement. As useful as it is, this view has obscured the heterogeneity of pathways …

Many studies have examined the effects of neighbourhoods on educational outcomes. The
results of these studies are often conflicting, even if the same independent variables (such …

An extended body of research has documented the outmigration of the “best and brightest”
youth from rural areas. Some of this scholarship has suggested that rural schools and …

This article examines the relationship between parental networks and parental school
involvement during the elementary school years. Using a large, nationally representative …

Children's neighborhood contexts are defined by rising socioeconomic inequality and
segregation. This article reviews several decades of research on how neighborhood …

Effects of disadvantaged neighborhoods on child educational outcomes likely depend on a
family's economic resources and the timing of neighborhood exposures during the course of …

Several decades of research demonstrate a link between neighborhood residence and
human development throughout the life course: literally, from birth until death, and all …

Although evidence indicates that neighborhoods affect educational outcomes, relatively little
research has explored the mechanisms thought to mediate these effects. This study …

There is widespread belief that dropping out of high school leads to economic hardship. This
belief rests on tenuous evidence. High school dropouts likely face an increased risk of …

Over the last decade, two lines of inquiry have emerged from earlier investigations of
adolescent neighborhood effects. First, researchers began incorporating space‐time …