Home Advantage: Social Class and Parental Intervention in Elementary Education
Home Advantageis already a classic in the sociology of education. It is theoretically rich and its findings are profound. It is also a model of excellence for qualitative research methods. (Adam Gamoran, University of Wisconsin, Madison)Home Advantageis a marvelous tool for teaching about both the dynamics of school-family linkages and the realities of the process of social research. The book invariably triggers spirited discussions among students, and has a lasting influence on how they think about the sociology of education and about research. (Aaron M. Pallas, Michigan State University)Home Advantageis a superb empirical study of family-school relations. The nuanced analysis, especially of the dynamics of social class, has given this work the well-earned status of a classic whose insights are of lasting value. (Barrie Thorne, author ofGender Play: Girls and Boys in School)An important and timely book about the ways parents are able (and unable) to shape their children’s educational experiences. . . . Should be read by all current and future educators . . . required reading for students of qualitative research. (American Journal of Sociology)Home Advantageis the most compelling empirical illustration I have found of the concept of cultural capital. It is a rich book to teach, and in the stratification course in which I used it, the students considered it the best of the books they were assigned. (Doug Porpora, Department of Psychology and Sociology, Drexel University)