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Social-Class Differences in Summer learning Between Kindergarten and First Grade: Model Specification and Estimation.

Sociologists suggest that children from socially advantaged families continue to learn during the summer, whereas children from disadvantaged families learn either little or lose ground. This disparity in summer learning is hypothesized to result from differential participation in educationally bene...

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Published in:Sociology of Education Vol. 77; no. 1; pp. 1 - 32
Main Authors: Burkam, David T., Ready, Douglas D., Lee, Valerie E., LoGerfo, Laura F.
Format: Article
Published: Sage Publications Inc. Jan2004
Subjects:
Social classes
Class differences
Summer schools
Education
Social status
Social stratification
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