In Event: Sheraton Roundtable Session 31

Division G - Social Context of Education / Division G - Section 2: Studies of diversity and variation within social contexts of education

Ayanna F. Brown, Elmhurst College

Cultural Politics Behind Middle-Class Parental Choices of Teachers in a Multiethnic Urban Elementary School - Berglind Ros Magnusdottir, University of Iceland; Brynja Elisabeth Halldórsdóttir Gudjonsson, University of Iceland

Determinants of Positive Parenting in a Shared Family Context - Lok-Wah Li, Tufts University; Christine M McWayne, Tufts University; Jacqueline S Mattis, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

Focused on the Family: Cultural and Structural Deficit Ideologies in District Policy Making - Noel Williams, The College of William & Mary; Leah Horrell, College of William and Mary; Davis Clement, University of Virginia

Social Position or School Participation? Understanding Centrality in a School-Based Parent Network - Rand Quinn, University of Pennsylvania; Amanda Barrett Cox, University of Pennsylvania; Amy Steinbugler, Dickinson College