Johns Hopkins University : Department of Sociology : Stephen Plank

Stephen Plank is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology. He received his BA from Northwestern University in 1990. He received his MA (1992) and PhD (1995) in sociology from the University of Chicago. His research and teaching interests include sociology of education, statistical and research methods, and urban school improvement.

Plank's published education research includes Finding One’s Place: Teaching Styles and Peer Relations in Diverse Classrooms (Teachers College Press, 2000), and articles in the American Educational Research Journal, Teachers College Record, Journal of Vocational Education Research, Sociology of Education, and American Journal of Education. Much of his past and current research focuses on solutions to the problem of high school dropout (including associations with career and technical education), predictors of successful transitions to college, and school climate.

Plank is co-director of the Baltimore Education Research Consortium (www.baltimore-berc.org) and is also affiliated with the Center for Social Organization of Schools (http://web.jhu.edu/csos).

COURSES

RECENT PAPERS

230.106 Freshman Seminar: Education in the Media

230.304 Social Organization and Social Control in Schools

230.604 Regression Analysis

Plank, S., & MacIver, D. (2003). Educational achievement. In M. Bornstein et al. (Eds), Well-being: Positive development across the life course . Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Plank, S. (2002). A question of balance: CTE, academic courses, high school persistence, and student achievement. Journal of Vocational Education Research 26(3).

Plank, S., & Jordan, W. (2001). Effects of information, guidance, and actions on postsecondary destinations: A study of talent loss. American Educational Research Journal 38(4).

Plank, S., McDill, E., McPartland, J., & Jordan, W. (2001). Situation and repertoire: Civility, incivility, cursing, and politeness in an urban high school. Teachers College Record 103(3).

Plank, S. (2000). Finding one's place: Teaching styles and peer relations in diverse classrooms. New York: Teachers College Press.

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