Professor Adds to List of Publications

Professor George Farkas announced publication of five recent articles that relate to his research into the achievement gap, educational inequality, early childhood, and afterschool programs.

Farkas, G. (2009). “Closing Achievement Gaps.” In D. Plank, B. Schneider, & G. Sykes (Eds.), Handbook of Education Policy Research (pp. 661-670). Washington, D.C.: American Educational Research Association.

Hibel, J., Faircloth,S., & Farkas, G. 2008). “Unpacking the Placement of American Indian and Alaska Native Students in Special Education Programs and Services in the Early Grades: School Readiness as a Predictive Variable.” Harvard Education Review, 78(3), 498 - 528.

Morgan, P.L., G. Farkas, Tufis, P.A., & Sperling, R.A. (2008). “Are Reading and Behavior Problems Risk Factors For Each Other?” Journal of Learning Disabilities, 41(5), 417-436.

Farkas, G. (2008). “How Educational Inequality Develops.” In D. Harris and A. Lin (Eds.), The Colors of Poverty: Why Racial and Ethnic Disparities Persist (pp. 105-134). New York: Russell Sage Foundation Press.

Hall, M., & Farkas, G. (2008). “Does Human Capital Raise Earnings for Immigrants in the Low Skill Labor Market?” Demography, 45(3), (619-639.