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EJ590424 SO531437

Title: Students on the Move: Residential and Educational Mobility in America's Schools.
Author(s): Swanson, Christopher B.; Schneider, Barbara
Source: Sociology of Education, v72 n1 p54-67 Jan 1999
Publication Date: 1999
ISSN: 0038-0407
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Research (143)
Journal Announcement: CIJFEB2000

Examines the independent effects of residential and educational mobility for students who move to a new home but do not change schools, change schools but not homes, and change both. Finds indications of negative short-term effects of mobility early in high school coupled with important long-term education benefits. (DSK)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement; Age Differences; *Educational Benefits; Family Mobility; High Schools; *Secondary School Students; *Student Adjustment; *Student Mobility; *Transfer Students