How schools matter : the need for a contextual perspective / Douglas B. Downey -- Preschool enrollment, classroom instruction, elementary school context, and the reading achievement of children from low-income families / Robert Crosnoe, Aprile D. Benner, Pamela Davis-Kean -- The consequences of principal and teacher turnover for school social resources / Paul Hanselman ... [et al.] -- The effect of mothers' educational credentials on children's outcomes : does being a first-generation or continuing-generation college graduate matter? / Susan A. Dumais, Laura Nichols -- Children's highbrow cultural activities and academic achievement in Hong Kong / Soo-Yong Byun, Suet-ling Pong -- The hopes carry them on : early educational expectations and later educational outcomes in rural Gansu, China / Yuping Zhang.

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