Education and inequality: a meta-synthesis after the 50th anniversary of Coleman’s report

Authors

María Dolores Martín-Lagos LópezSalto de línea Universidad de Granada

DOI

10.4438/1988-592X-RE-2017-380-377

Abstract

In 2016, the 50th anniversary of the publication of the so-called Coleman Report was celebrated. Under the title “Inequality of Educational Opportunities,” this report had a great impact on American society, research and educational policies. Its impact spread to other countries. In the year 2016 the publications that, commemorating the anniversary, took stock of their results to date. With the objective of obtaining an overview of all the contemplated, the present article presents a metathesis of 45 articles published in the year 2016 on the Coleman Report. There are six broad categories: a new framework for analyzing results; Changes in methodology; The social and political context; The socioeconomic conditions of the neighborhood and the community; Inequalities of ethnicity, social class and gender and, finally, the analysis of the actors involved: family, teachers and students. The synthesis of the 45 articles gives an overview and more complete the state of the matter.

Keywords

Educational inequality, Coleman Report, family, social class, social context.