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Prior research suggests that parents of Hispanics, English learners, and students living in poverty exercise school choice less frequently than other parents, which may be a factor in the resegregation of public schools. This quasi-experimental, causal-comparative design tests whether ethnicity, language dominance, or socioeconomic status of the student are related to the exercise of parental choice of magnet middle school programs in a majority, minority community. The primary finding was that in this Hispanic, English learner, low-income majority California community, none of the independent variables studied predicted the exercise of parental magnet school choice. The discussion compares these findings with prior studies and suggests some possible explanations.

This paper examines the "remaking" of white working class masculinities in the latter quarter of the twentieth century. It draws on ethnographic data gathered at two points in time in order to interrogate the relation of macro-economic and social relations on individual and group identities; to excavate the social psychological relations "between" genders and races, as narrated by white working-class men; and to explore the nuanced variations among these men. Addressing theoretical, empirical and methodological issues associated with these studies, I argue that the remaking of the white working class can only be understood in relation to gendered constructions within itself, the construction of relevant "others", as well as deep shifts in large social formations. (Contains 1 note.)

The number of science and discovery centres has grown exponentially over the last two centuries. Science and discovery centres are one of the top five stimuli that influence a career choice in science. Their history, growth, impact and role in the public understanding of science are discussed. (Contains 2 tables, 7 figures, and 21 online resources.)

A professional values survey was completed by 17 U.S. and 14 British nurse educators. There were significant differences on 3 of 11 values: British educators placed greater importance on research participation and use, participation in evaluation of standards, and promotion of community and national efforts to meet public health needs. (SK)

English (n=50) and U.S. (n=80) nursing students completed the Professional Values Scale, resulting in a high degree of congruence between the two groups in their values. Discrepancies appeared in only three areas: client/nurse rights, client/public safeguards, and research uses. (SK)

Analyzes the relationship of newspaper subscribing to the behavior pattern called settling down in a community in the U.S. Prevalence of newspaper subscribing and reading among individuals who are in some way attached to a community served by local newspapers; Distinctions in residence patterns that separated those who were in the process of settling from those who were not yet settling, those already settled and those who had been settled but were now relocating; Introduction of community identification and community involvement as a check on the validity of the models.

Coral reefs are the fundamental building blocks of tropical marine ecosystems. They are also one of the most endangered ecosystems on the planet suffering from a large number of environmental, fishing, and trade threats. However, little research has been done to better understand the trends in illegal imports of live corals into the United States, especially as they relate to legal imports. This research examines the major patterns in the legal and illegal imports of live corals into the United States by analyzing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Law Enforcement Management Information Systems database, along with the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species legal trade database, for the 2003–2012 period. The import patterns of illegally harvested live corals into the United States indicated that: (a) three genera (Euphyllia, Acropora, and Favites) accounted for 26% of all seizures; (b) imports from four countries accounted for slightly over 91% of all seizures; and (c) over 90% of the seizures occurred in five ports of entry. The import patterns of illegally harvested live corals closely mirror those of legal imports when genera and countries of export are examined. Additionally, 10 times more corals were seized in 2012 than in 2003, and legal imports doubled from 2003 to 2009, while both trends leveled in the later few years examined. The study findings suggest that interventions should focus on enhancing law enforcement efforts through capacity building and by establishing reliable channels of communication between the US and the core exporting countries. It is also recommended that US customs focus their inspection efforts on high-risk species, especially at ports that receive these imports from Indonesia, Tonga, Australia, and Fiji. Meanwhile, public education campaigns to raise awareness, as well as the development of regulated coral aquaculture, may lift the pressure and need for illegally harvesting corals from the wild. • Details the process of illegal coral imports into the United States using a criminological framework. • Examines coral seizures at U.S. ports of entry during 2003–2012. • Identifies concentrations of seizures by genus, export country, and entry port. • Compares legal and illegal import trends by genus and export country. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]