Recent medical sociological research has examined whether the relationship between
education and health is dynamic across age, whereas recent demographic research has …

In this critical review essay, I argue that the National Research Council's (NRC) 1996
National science education standards uses a discourse of invisibility to lay out its massive …

A variety of evidence suggests that students in the United States change schools frequently.
But there has been relatively little research that examines the educational consequences of …

This article presents the results of a research project on the phenomenon of out-of-field
teaching in American high schools–teachers teaching subjects for which they have little …

This report explains the growing evidence that investments in teacher knowledge are among
the most productive means for increasing student learning. The creation of rigorous …

Increasing birthrates, immigration, teacher retirements, and attrition are fueling the projected
need for 200,000 new teachers annually over the next decade. The news media regularly …

This monograph provides college academic administrators, institutional researchers,
professional and learned societies, and academic advisors with information to improve …

Technological literacy meaning computer skills and the ability to use computers and other
technology to improve learning, productivity and performance has become as fundamental …

Youth who switch schools are more likely to demonstrate a wide array of negative
behavioral and educational outcomes, including dropping out of high school. However …

Over the past half century, a large body of theoretical and empirical work in sociology and
other social sciences has emphasized the negative consequences of mobility for human …