Orientation Agenda Speaker Bios References Map Partners BLOG What's a blog? Home Suggested reading We asked the invited speakers to recommend pertinent references to this summer institute. The following list reflects their recommendations. Family Gerstel, Naomi, Daniel Clawson, and Robert Zussman (Eds). (2002). Families at Work: Expanding the Bounds. Nashville: Vanderbuilt University Press. A readable book about changes in family life and work-family relationships which have an important impact on children’s lives. Jencks, Christopher and Meredith Phillips.(Eds) (1998). The Black-White Test Score Gap. Washington D.C.: The Brookings Institute. The definitive collection and the size, scope, and causes of the racial gap in test scores. Lareau, Annette. (2000). Home Advantage: Social Class and Parental Intervention in Eementary Education. Updated Edition. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield. A study based on interviews and observations of first and second grade classrooms; argues that all parents want to be helpful but class gives parents resources to comply with teachers’ requests. Lareau, Annette. (2003). Unequal Childhoods: Class, Race, and Family Life. Berkeley: California. Based on observations of 12 families, a readable book about the impact of social class on family life. Lareau, Annette. (2002, October). Invisible Inequality: Social Class and Childrearing in Black Families and White Families. American Sociological Review 67 (747–776). This article summarizes the heart of Lareau's argument in Home Advantage and Unequal Childhoods. Download article... Lubrano, Alfred. (2003). Limbo: Blue-Collar Roots; White-Collar Dreams. New York: John Wiley. A journalistic account of the costs of upward mobility for a first-generation college graduate. Massey, Douglas and Nancy Denton. (1993). American Apartheid: Segregation and the Making of the American Underclass. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. A heavy, statistical book about the levels of racial segregation in American society. Shapiro, Thomas (2004). The Hidden Cost of Being African American: How Wealth Perpetuates Inequality. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Based on interviews shows the importance of race in buying homes and choosing school districts, even for middle-class families. Valdes, Guadalupe. (1996). Con Respecto: Bridging the Distance between Culturally Diverse Families and Schools. New York: Teachers College Press. A study of Hispanic families and their relationships with schools. Culture Gutiérrez, K. and Rogoff, B. (2003, June/July). Cultural Ways of Learning: Individual Traits or Repertoires of Practice. Educational Researcher, 32 (5) 19-25. Download article... Class Anyon, J. (1980). Social Class and the Hidden Curriculum of Work. Journal of Education, 162(1) 67-92. Brantlinger, E. (2003). Dividing Classes: How the Middle Class Negotiates and Rationalizes School Advantage. New York: Falmer Press. Brooks, D. (2005, May 29). Karl's New Manifesto. New York Times Op-Ed.. Retrieved June 1, 2005, from http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/29/opinion/29brooks.html?pagewanted=print Rothstein, R. (2004, October). Class and the Classroom: Even the Best Schools Can't Close the Race Achevement Gap. American School Board Journal, 191 (10). Retrieved May 4, 2005, from http://www.asbj.com/2004/10/1004coverstory.html.