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ERIC Number: EJ590424
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-0038-0407
Students on the Move: Residential and Educational Mobility in America's Schools.
Swanson, Christopher B.; Schneider, Barbara
Sociology of Education, v72 n1 p54-67 Jan 1999
Examines the independent effects of residential and educational mobility for students who move to a new home but do not change schools, change schools but not homes, and change both. Finds indications of negative short-term effects of mobility early in high school coupled with important long-term education benefits. (DSK)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Educational Benefits, Family Mobility, High Schools, Secondary School Students, Student Adjustment, Student Mobility, Transfer Students
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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