Section on the Sociology of Education / Open Topic on Sociology of Education (4 sessions)

Jeremy E Fiel, University of Arizona

Ruth N. Lopez Turley, Rice University

National Education Performance and Early Childhood Social Conditions - Joseph Merry, Furman University

Trends in the Gender Gap in Reading Achievement at the Beginning of Kindergarten - Thomas A. DiPrete, Columbia University; Jennifer L. Jennings, Princeton University; Greer Mellon, Columbia University; Joanna Chae, Columbia University

Why Does the Black/White Achievement Gap Emerge? Parenting Practices Shaped by Structural Conditions - Benjamin G. Gibbs, Brigham Young University; Douglas B. Downey, Ohio State University

Trajectories of economic disadvantage and the black-white high school completion gap - Katherine Michelmore; Peter M. Rich, Cornell University

The Process of Neighborhood and School Re-Segregation: The Sociology of Reputation - Amy Stuart Wells, Teachers College, Columbia University; Lauren Fox, Teachers College, Columbia University

Jordan Conwell, University of Wisconsin-Madison