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 McSporran 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 Jarvinen 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 - Joel Zaffran Chapter 39: Educational Expansion and Human Rights - Francisco O. Ramirez and Minju Choi