Barbara Schneider & Mark Berends 
The Sage Handbook of Sociology of Education [EPUB ebook] 

Introduction – Mark Berends, Barbara Schneider, Stephen Lamb
PART 1: Education and Persistent Inequality
Chapter 1: Inequality and Educational Policy: Lessons for Comparative Research After the Coleman Report – Ji Cao, Yutong Hu, and Tony Tam
Chapter 2: Education: The Great Equalizer, Social Reproducer, or Legitimator of New Forms of Social Stratification – David Baker, Maryellen Schaub, Junghee Choi, Karly Ford
Chapter 3: Old and New Questions in Cross-National Educational Research Using PISA Data: Institutional Features, Students’ Well-Being, and Out-Of-School Learning Activities – Hyunjoon Park and Youngshin Lim
Chapter 4: Comparative Studies of Educational Inequality: An Example Based on a Study of City Youth – Stephen Lamb
Chapter 5: Ethnoracial Inequalities in Latin America – Edward Telles and Caroline Martinez
Chapter 6: Education and Social Inequality in China – Wensong Shen and Emily Hannum
Chapter 7: Educational Opportunities and Asian Communities – Jennifer Lee & Denise Ambriz
Chapter 8: Gender and Educational Inequality – Lara Perez-Felkner, Ladanya Ramirez Surmeier, and Rose Rezaei
Chapter 9: Global Processes of Stratification: Gender and Social Class – Leandra Cate and Karly Ford
Chapter 10: School Diversity and Life Course Outcomes – Roslyn Mickelson
Chapter 11: Education, Health, and Inequalities – Emily A. Lybbert and Chandra Muller
PART 2: Social & Family Contexts
Chapter 12: Short- and Long-Term Payoffs of Early Childhood Education for Reducing Inequality – Rachel A. Gordon
Chapter 13: Systemic Inequality in Early Childhood Education and Care: Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic – Jen Jackson
Chapter 14: Early Childhood Education Effects into Adulthood – Milagros Nores and Roshnee Prayag
Chapter 15: Family Effects from Early Childhood into Adulthood – Emma Romell and Eric Grodsky
Chapter 16: Social Inequality and Families – Christina Cross and Natasha Pilkauskas
Chapter 17: Parental Involvement in Education Through a Sociological Lens – Julie W. Dallavis and Mark Berends
Chapter 18: Immigrant Families and Educational Attainment – Oshin Khachikian and Nina Bandelj
Chapter 19: Sitting on the Wall: The Intersection of International Migration and Education – Silvia Giorguli and Miguel Amaro
PART 3: Schools & Educational Policy
Chapter 20: Cross-National Socioeconomic Inequality and Educational Policy – Anna Katyn Chmielewski & Sheena Bell
Chapter 21: The Social Context of Learning and Student Achievement Gaps – George Farkas
Chapter 22: Family, School, and Community Contributions to Student Outcomes: International Perspectives on Family, School, and Community Factors that Contribute to Students’ Health, Wellbeing and Achievement – Laura Perry, Genevieve Mc Sporran and Peter Whipp
Chapter 23: Social Differentiation and the Academic Curriculum – Richard Teese
Chapter 24: Upper Secondary Education from a Comparative Perspective: Academic and Vocational Paths – Filomena Parada, Katja Upadyaya, and Katariina Salmela-Aro
Chapter 25: School Segregation in Chile and Effects on Social Cohesion – Andres Molina
Chapter 26: Dropping Out of High School: An International Problem – Russell W. Rumberger
Chapter 27: Students’ Experiences of Academic Inequality – Marie Duru-Bellat
Chapter 28: Educational Policies, Lifelong Learning, and Social Diversity – Tero Järvinen and Heikki Silvennoinen
Chapter 29: Social Policy Effects on Educational Inequities – Leila Morsy
PART 4: Neighborhoods & Community
Chapter 30: Neighborhood Effects on Schools and Students – Kendra Bischoff and Peter Rich
Chapter 31: The Effects of Residential Mobility on Educational Outcomes – Carla Haelermans and Bregje van Geffen
Chapter 32: The Kids Aren’t Alright: Toward a Multicontextual View on School and Neighborhood – Jannick Demanet
Chapter 33: Social Context and School Processes – Ruth Lupton
Chapter 34: School Differentiation in Urban Spaces: Social Diversity, Segregation and Inequality – Quentin Maire
PART 5: Education & Innovation in a Global Context
Chapter 35: Importance of Context in Assessment of Whole Child Development Competences: A Case from East Africa – John Kabutha Mugo, Mauro Giacomazzi and, Purity Ngina
Chapter 36: Rethinking the Interplay Between Schooling, Mental Health, Wellbeing and Poverty: Key Issues for Sociology of Education to Consider Regarding Structure, Space and Agency – Paul Downes
Chapter 37: Achievement Gaps: School Socioeconomic Composition and Trust as Educational Innovation – Mieke Van Houtte
Chapter 38: Disabled Pupils in Ordinary School and Impacts on Inclusive Education – Joël Zaffran
Chapter 39: Educational Expansion and Human Rights – Francisco O. Ramirez and Minju Choi

Stephen Lamb is Emeritus Professor of Education at Victoria University, in Australia. He was formerly Director of the Centre for International Research on Education Systems. Lamb has worked on a wide range of international and national projects on school funding, performance of schools and school systems, factors influencing student achievement, and social differences in school to work transition. His research is concerned with how well schools and education systems work, for whom, and why.