School Hopscotch: A Comprehensive Review of K–12 Student Mobility in the United States
@article{Welsh2017SchoolHA, title={School Hopscotch: A Comprehensive Review of K–12 Student Mobility in the United States}, author={Richard O. Welsh}, journal={Review of Educational Research}, year={2017}, volume={87}, pages={475 - 511} }
This article provides an integrative review of the extant literature on K–12 student mobility in the United States. Student mobility is a widespread phenomenon with significant policy implications. Changing schools is most prevalent among minority and low-income students in urban school districts. There is an ongoing debate about whether student mobility is helpful or harmful. Earlier research compared movers with nonmovers using cross-sectional data and did not always include controls for the…
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