It has been over a decade since the publication of the first edition of Chicano School Failure
and Success. Much has transpired in the educational arena in the last ten-plus years …

We characterize the extent to which Black-White gaps for multiple educational outcomes are
linked across school districts in the United States. Gaps in disciplinary action, grade-level …

Most interventions for at-risk youth are group based. Yet, research indicates that young
people often learn to become deviant by interacting with deviant peers. In this important …

Prior research examining children's ratings of stressful life events indicated that, by the time
children are in sixth grade, they fear only going blind and losing a parent more than …

Using data from the Chicago Longitudinal Study (CLS), an ongoing investigation of a panel
of low-income minority children growing up in an inner city, this study investigated whether …

This study examines chronological patterns of attendance and academic performance of
urban students who are identified as truants in Grade 8. A chronological review of 42 student …

A COUNTERNARRATIVE This groundbreaking book uncovers how anti-Black racism has
informed and perpetuated anti-literacy laws, policies, and customs from the colonial period …

This study investigates the extent to which national educational policy factors can explain
differences in the probability of students repeating a grade in primary and lower-secondary …

The purpose of this study was to ascertain the attitudes of primary grade teachers and
elementary principals about grade retention. Because grade retention is typically initiated in …

This study tested whether grade retention at the transition into secondary school had a
significant impact on adolescent psychosocial adjustment. A quasi-experimental design was …