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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Johnson, Odis, Jr. – Urban Review: Issues and Ideas in Public Education, 2013
Supported by persistent educational inequality and growth of the field of neighborhood effects research, this meta-analysis investigates the relative association of neighborhood advantage and disadvantage to educational outcomes; the consistency of associations across different educational indicators; and the moderating influence of model…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Neighborhoods, Advantaged, Disadvantaged
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Johnson, Odis, Jr. – Urban Review: Issues and Ideas in Public Education, 2008
This article examines how variation in educational outcomes according to "place," or one's geographic environment, has been explained in educational theory. In a critical review of functional, conflict, cultural and institutional theory in education, the author describes the disciplinary perspectives and research that leave the mechanisms of…
Descriptors: Educational Theories, Outcomes of Education, Social Mobility, Geographic Location