Stephen J



STEPHEN J. CALDAS, Ph.D.

School of Education

Manhattanville College

EDUCATION

Ph.D.: Louisiana State University, Educational Administration (Dissertation: The Social

Integration-Deviance Hypothesis in Sociology: A Path Analytical Model, 1990.

Winner of LSU College of Education's “1990” outstanding dissertation award).

Graduate French Studies: L'Université D'Angers, Angers, France, Summer 1985.

M.Ed.: Louisiana State University, Educational Administration, minor: French, 1985.

B.S.: Louisiana State University, Social Studies Education, 1980.

B.A.: Louisiana State University, History, 1979.

Books--Refereed

Caldas, S. J., & Bankston, C. L. (forthcoming January 2015). Still failing: The continuing paradox of school desegregation. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield.

Bankston, C. L. & Caldas, S. J. (forthcoming, 2015). In Controls and choices: The educational marketplace and the failure of school desegregation. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield.

Bankston, C. L. & Caldas, S. J. (2009). Public education—America’s civil religion: A social

history. New York: Teachers College Press.

Caldas, S. J. (2006). Raising bilingual-biliterate children in monolingual cultures. Clevedon, England: Multilingual Matters Publishers.

Caldas, S. J., & Bankston, C. L. (2007). Forced to fail: The paradox of school desegregation. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield. (Paperback). (winner of the 2007 Stanford M. Lyman Distinguished Book Award in Sociology)

Caldas, S. J. & Bankston, C. L. (2005). Forced to fail: The paradox of school desegregation. New York: Praeger Publishers. (Hardback)

Caldas, S. J. & Bankston, C. L. (Eds.). (2003). The end of desegregation? New York: Nova Science Publishers.

Bankston, C. L. & Caldas, S. J. (2002). A troubled dream: The promise and failure of school desegregation in Louisiana. Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press. (winner of 2003 Louisiana Library Science Literary Award)

Refereed Journal Articles- National

Caldas, S. J., & Bensy, M. L. (2014). The sexual maltreatment of students with disabilities in American school settings. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 23(4), 345-366, doi: 10.1080/10538712.2014.906530

Caldas, S. J. (2012/November). Value-added models and the emperor without clothes. Educational Leadership, 70(3) available online at EL

Caldas, S. J., & Bernier, S. (2012). The effects of competition from private schooling on French public school districts in the Province of Québec. Journal of Educational Research, 105, 353-365.

Caldas, S. J., Bernier, S., & Marceau, R. (2009). Explanatory Factors of the Black Achievement Gap in Montréal, Canada’s Public and Private Schools: A Multivariate Analysis. Education and Urban Society, 4, 197-215. DOI: 10.1177/0013124508325547

Caldas, S. J. (2008). Changing bilingual self-perceptions from early adolescence to early adulthood: Empirical evidence from a mixed-methods case study. Applied Linguistics, 29(2), 290-311.

Caldas, S. J., & Caldas, V. L. (2008). Parents involved in community schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 et al: What’s now the law, what can we expect, and what it all means for schools. Thurgood Marshall Law Review, 34 (1), 181-201.

Caldas, S. J., & Bankston, C. L. (January, 2008). A Re-Analysis of the Legal, Political, and Social Landscape of Desegregation from Plessy v. Ferguson to Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 Et Al. Brigham Young University Education and Law Journal, 2, 217-256.

Caldas, S. J. (2008). The incongruities of Grutter. Society, 45 (1), 30-34.

Caldas, S. J., Bankston, C. L. & Cain, J. (2007). A case study of teachers’ perceptions of school desegregation and the redistribution of social and academic capital. Education & Urban Society, 39 (2), 194-222.

Caldas, S. J. (2006). The Plessy and Grutter Decisions: A study in contrast and comparison. The Ohio State Law Journal, 67, 66-82.

Caldas, S. J., & Bankston, C. L. (2005, May/June). The evolution of federal involvement in local schools. Society, 42, 49-53.

Caldas, S. J., & Bankston, C. L. (2003). An evaluation of the consequences of school desegregation in Lafayette, Louisiana. Research in the Schools, 10, (1), 41-52.

Caldas, S. J., Growe, R., & Bankston, C. L. (2002). African American Reaction to a Lafayette Parish School Desegregation Order: From Delight to Disenchantment. Journal of Negro Education, 71 (2), 43-59.

Caldas, S. J. & Caron-Caldas, S. (2002). A sociolinguistic analysis of the language preferences of adolescent bilinguals: Shifting allegiances and developing identities. Applied Linguistics, 23, 490-514.

Caldas, S. J., & Bankston, C. L. (2001). Baton Rouge, desegregation, and white flight. Research in the Schools, 8, (2), 21-32.

Caldas, S. J., & Caron-Caldas, S. C. (2000). The influence of family, school and community on ‘bilingual preference’: Results from a Louisiana/Quebec case study. Journal of Applied Psycholinguistics, 21, pp. 365-381.

Bankston, C. L, & Caldas, S. J. (2000). White enrollment in non-public schools, public school racial composition, and student performance. The Sociological Quarterly 41, 539-550.

Bankston, C. L., & Caldas, S. J. (2000). “Caste or Class? Race, Socioeconomic Status, and Educational Disadvantage.” National Journal of Sociology, 12, 57-88.

Caldas, S. J., & Bankston, C. L. (1999). A multilevel examination of student, school, and district-level effects on academic achievement. Journal of Educational Research, 93, (4) pp. 91-100.

Bankston, C. L., & Caldas, S. J. (2000). Majority African American schools and the family structures of schools: School racial composition and academic achievement among Black and White Students. Sociological Focus, 33, (3), 539-550.

Caldas, S. J., & Boudreaux, N. (1999). Poverty, race, and foreign language immersion: Predictors of academic achievement. Learning Languages, 5, (1) pp. 4-15.

Caldas, S. J., & Caron-Caldas, S. (1999). Language immersion and

cultural identity: Conflicting influences and values. Language, Culture, and

Curriculum, 12, 42-58.

Caldas, S. J. & Bankston, C. L. (1999). Black and white TV: Race, television viewing, and academic achievement. Sociological Spectrum, 19, (1), 39-61.

Caldas, S. J. (1998). How to suppress childhood bilingualism. . . And bring it back to life again. Learning Languages, 4, pp. 15-23.

Caldas, S. J. & Bankston, C. L. (1998). The Inequality of separation: Racial composition of schools and academic achievement. Educational Administration Quarterly, 34, (4), 533-557.

Bankston, C. L., & Caldas, S. J. (1998). Family structure, schoolmates, and the racial inequalities in school achievement. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 60, (3), 715-723.

Bankston, C. L, & Caldas, S. J. (1998). Family structure, schoolmates, and the racial inequalities of Schools. Sociological Spectrum, 18, 55-76.

Caldas, S. J., & Caron-Caldas, S. (1997). Cultural influences on French/English language dominance of three bilingual children. Language, Culture, and Curriculum, 10, 139-155.

Caldas, S. J., & Bankston, C. L. (1997). The Effect of School Population Socioeconomic Status on Individual Student Academic Achievement. Journal of Educational Research, 90, 269-277.

Bankston, S. J., & Caldas, S. J. (1997). The American school dilemma: Race and scholastic performance. Sociological Quarterly, 38, 423-429.

Bankston, C., & Caldas, S. J. (1996). Majority black schools and the perpetuation of social injustice: The influence of de facto segregation on academic achievement. Social Forces, 75, (2), 535-555.

Bankston, C., Caldas, S. J., & Zhou, M. (1997). The academic achievement of Vietnamese American students: Ethnicity as social capital. Sociological Focus, 30, 1-16.

Bankston, C. L., & Caldas, S. J. (1996). Adolescents and deviance in a Vietnamese American community: A theoretical synthesis. Deviant Behavior, 17(2), 59-181.

Caldas, S. J. (1994). Teenage pregnancy: Why it remains a serious social, economic, and educational problem in the U.S. Phi Delta Kappan, 75, 402-406.

Caldas, S. J. (1993). A multivariate re-examination of input and process factor effects on public school achievement. Journal of Educational Research, 86, 206-214.

Caldas, S. J. (1993). Adolescent pregnancy and childbearing: Current theoretical perspectives. Journal of Adolescent Research. 8, 4-20.

Caldas, S. J. & Caron-Caldas, S. (1992). Rearing bilingual children in a monolingual culture: A Louisiana experience. American Speech, 67, 290-296.

Caldas, S. J. (1990). Intensive incarceration programs offer hope of rehabilitation to a fortunate few: Orleans Parish Prison does an about face. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 34(1), 67-76.

Caldas, S. J. (1992). Using multiple regression to predict school achievement: A reply to Klingele and Warrick; Penny and Bond. Journal of Educational Research, 85, 325-326.

Caldas, S. J. (1992). The politics of welfare reform, religion, education & racism:

evidence from three Southern elections. Southern Studies, 3, 1-14.

Caldas, S. J. & Pounder, D. G. (1990). Teenage fertility and its social integration correlates: A control theory explanation. Sociological Spectrum, 10, 541-560.

Caldas, S. J. (1993). The private and societal economic costs of teenage childbearing: The state of the research. Population and Environment, 14, 389-399.

Maxcy, S. J. & Caldas, S. J. (1991). A Critique of Moral imagination and the philosophy of school leadership. Journal of Educational Administration, 29(3), 38-53.

Refereed Journal Articles- Regional

Caldas, S. J. & Bankston, C. (1998). Female-headed families and school environments: Does the family structure of schoolmates make a difference in academic achievement? Louisiana Educational Research Journal, 23(1), 101-128.

Caldas, S. J. (1991). An organizational perspective of the researcher-practitioner dichotomy in educational administration: The UCEA and NCPEA. Louisiana Education Research Journal. 16,(2), 33-42.

Caldas, S. J., Ducote, J., Franklin, B. J., Crone, L., & Killebrew, C. (1993). Building a statewide school categorization model using socioeconomic, demographic, and education variables. Louisiana Education Research Journal. 18(2), 9-22.

Ducote, J., Franklin, B. J., Caldas, S. J., Crone, L., & Killebrew, C. (1993). Preliminary findings of the School Categorization Survey. Louisiana Education Research Journal, 18(2), 23-46.

Caldas, S. J. (1994). A longitudinal cohort analysis of student performance on the Louisiana Graduation Exit Examination. Louisiana Educational Research Journal. 20 (1), 53-61.

Caldas. S. J., & Halbrook, A. M. (1994). A longitudinal study of the effect of two alternative scoring weighting formulas the written composition attainment rates of the Louisiana Graduation Exit Examination. Louisiana Educational Research Journal. 20 (1), 43-52.

Crone, L., Franklin, B. J., Caldas, S. J., Ducote, J., & Killebrew C. (1993). The use of norm-referenced and/or criterion referenced tests as indicators of school effectiveness. Louisiana Education Research Journal, 18(1), 52-66.

Franklin, B. J., Caldas, S. J., Crone, L., Ducote, J., & Killebrew C. (1993). The relationship among school size, percent free lunch and achievement for Louisiana schools. Louisiana Education Research Journal, 18(1), 67-78.

Book Chapters

Caldas, S. J. (2013). Assessment and academic performance: The impact of No Child Left

Behind policies on bilingual education—A ten year retrospective. In V. C. Mueller Gathercole (Ed.) Issues in the Assessment of Bilinguals. (pp. 205-231) Clevedon, UK: Multilingual Matters.

Caldas, S. J., (2012). Language policy in the family. In B. Spolsky (Ed.) The Cambridge Handbook of Language Policy. (pp. 351-373). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Caldas, S. J., Bankston, C. L. & Cain, J. (2003). Social Capital, Academic Capital, and the “Harm and Benefit” Thesis: Evidence from a Desegregating School District. In S. Caldas & C. Bankston The End of Desegregation? (pp.129-155). New York: Nova Science Publishers.

Caldas, S. J. and Bankston, C. L. (2003). The current crisis in desegregation. In S. J. Caldas & C. L. Bankston The End of Desegregation? (pp. xi-xvii). New York: Nova Science Publishers.

Caldas, S. J., & Caldas, S. C. (1998). Rearing Bilingual Children in a Monolingual Culture: A Louisiana Experience. In V. Clark, P. Eschholz, & A. Rosa, (Eds.) Language: Readings on Language and Culture (6th Edition). (pp. 514-521) New York: St. Martin’s Press.

Caldas, S. J. (1996). Re-examination of Input and Process Factor Effects on

Public Schools. In Big schools, small Schools: What's best for students? Bloomington, IN: Phi Delta Kappa International.

Caldas, S. J., & Kilburn, J. (1995). A parish profile of the David Duke vote: Sociodemographic, economic, and voting propensity predictors. In J. C. Kuzenski, C. S. Bullock, III, & R. K. Gaddie (Eds.), David Duke and the Politics of Race in the South. (pp. 63-87) Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press.

Book Reviews

Caldas, S. J. (2012). A review of From the courtroom to the classroom: The shifting landscape of school desegregation. (C. Smrekar & E. Goldring, Eds. Harvard University Press. 2009). For Journal of American Ethnic History, 32(1), 137-138.

Caldas, S. J. (2004). From the mouth of babes . . . A review of Cross-

linguistic structures in simultaneous bilingualism (Susanne Döpke, Ed. John Benjamins, 2001) For Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books, 49, (1).

Caldas, S. J. (1999). A Review of Beyond Black and White: New Faces and

Voices in U.S. Schools. (Maxine Seller & Lois Weis, Eds. SUNY Press, 2001). For Journal of American Ethnic History, 19, (1), 120–121.

Proceedings

Caldas, S. J., & Caron-Caldas, S. An Ethnographic Narrative of a Family Case Study to Rear Biliterate/Bilingual Children in Two Monolingual Cultures. In Cohen, J., McAlister, K., Rolstad, K., & MacSwan, J. (Eds.) (2005). ISB4: Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Bilingualism. Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Press.

Encyclopedia Articles

Caldas, S. J., & Caldas, S.V. (in press). Latinos and the demographic shift from minority to majority status. Encyclopedia of Latino Issues Today.

Caldas, S. J. (2013). Sociolinguistics: Using a Mixed Methods

Approach. The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics, (C.A. Chapelle, Ed.),  Oxford, UK) Wiley-Blackwell. DOI: 10.1002/9781405198431.wbeal1089

Caldas, S. J. (2012). Globalization and International Education. In J. A. Banks (Ed.). Encyclopedia of Diversity in Education (1021-1026). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

CONFERENCE PAPERS

National/International

Caldas, S. J., & Cornigans, L. (2014, August). Race, ethnicity and social capital among middle and upper class elementary school families: A structural equation model. Paper presented at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, CA.

Caldas, S.V., Villatte, M., Perkins, R., Sandoz, E., & Caldas, S. J. (2014, June). Psychological flexibility and the generational trend toward worse health in U.S. Hispanics. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science, Minneapolis, MN.

Caldas, S. V., & Caldas, S. J. (April, 2014). The Role of Psychological Flexibility in the Hispanic paradox. Paper presented at the Ninth Annual Changing Suburbs Institute Educational Forum, Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY.

Reilly, M. S., & Caldas, S. J (August, 2013). The Influence of SES, Race/Ethnicity, and Physical Activity Levels on Student Achievement. Paper presented at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association, New York, NY.

Kurrus, K., & Caldas, S. J. (April, 2012). Middle School Sports Participation, Sense of School Membership, and Student Delinquency. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Caldas, S. J. (February 2012). The English Language Learner Achievement GAP in Mathematics

and Reading: Pre- and Post NCLB. Paper accepted for presentation at the 2012 Applied Linguistics Winter Conference, Columbia University, New York, NY.

Kurrus, K., & Caldas, S. J. (April, 2012). Middle School Sports Participation, Sense of School Membership, and Student Delinquency. Paper accepted for presentation at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Denver, Co.

Caldas, S. J. (2012, February). The Impact of No Child Left Behind on Bilingual Education: A Ten Year Retrospective. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of Bilingual Education, Dallas, TX.

Bensy, M. L., & Caldas, S. J. (November 2011). Profiling of the Sexual Abuse of Students with Disabilities in American Schools. Paper presentated at the TASH National conference in Atlanta, GA,

Caldas, S. J., & Bensy, M. L. (August, 2011). A National Study of the Sexual Abuse of Students with Disabilities In American Schools: Profiles And Predictors of Abuse. Paper presented at the 2011 meetings of American Sociological Association, Las Vegas, NV.

Caldas, S. J. (2011, February). Dual Language Programs Can Effortlessly produce Bilingual, Biliterate and Bicultural Students…….while fostering socioeconomic integration to boot. Paper presented at the annual conference of the National Association of Bilingual Education, New Orleans, LA.

Cornigans, L. & Caldas, S. (2010, August). The Relationship between Race, Income and Social Capital among Families in a Long Island School District. Paper presented at the 2010 meetings of American Sociological Association, Atlanta, GA.

Caldas, S. J., & Baralis, C. (2009). An Analysis of the Trends in the Concentration of English Language Learners and School District Responses to this Growing Population on Long Island. Paper presented at the 2009 annual meeting of the University Council for Educational Administration, Anaheim, CA.

Baralis, C., & Caldas, S. J. (2009). The Influx of ELLs on Long Island. Paper presented at the 2009 annual meeting of the NYSTESOL, White Plains, NY.

Baralis, C., & Caldas, S. J. (2009, October 24). The Ethnic, Linguistic, and Racial Transformation of Long Island School Districts. Paper presented at National Center for Suburban Studies 2009 conference, The Diverse Suburb: History, Politics, and Prospects. Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY.

Caldas, S. J. (2008, April). Parents involved in community schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 et al: What’s now the law, what can we expect, and what it all means for schools. Paper presented at the Community Schools v. Seattle School District #1 Symposium at the Thurgood Marshall Law School in Houston, Texas.

Caldas, S. J., & Caldas, V. S. (2007, November). An Analysis of the 2007 Supreme Court Decisions in Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education, and Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1: Consequences for Racial Assignment Policies in Schools and Universities. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Education Law Association, San Diego, CA.

Caldas, S. J. (2006, October 14). The incongruities of Grutter. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Education Law Association, Nassau, Bahamas.

Caldas, S. J., Bernier, S., & Marceau, R. (2006, April 11). Sociodemographic, Family, and SES

Predictors of Academic Achievement in Montréal, Canada’s Public and Private Schools. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco.

Bernier, S., & Marceau, R & Caldas, S. J.,. (2005, April). Predictors of Academic

Achievement in Québec Public and Private Schools. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal, Canada.

Caldas, S. J. (2005, March). Changing bilingual self-perceptions from early to late

adolescence. Paper presented at the fifth annual meeting of the International Symposium on Bilingualism, Barcelona, Spain.

Caldas, S. J. (2005, February 25). The power of reason in the Plessy and Grutter decisions, or “Why the Fourteenth Amendment allows racial discrimination”. Invited paper presented at the 2005 symposium: Meeting the Challenge of Grutter: Affirmative Action in 25 Years, The Ohio State University, Columbus.

Caldas, S. J., & Bankston, C. L. (2004, November). An Analysis of the Consequences of Increasing Federal Involvement in Local School Districts Since Brown I. Paper presented at the Education Law Association 50th Annual Conference, Tucson, AZ.

Caldas, S. J., & Bankston, C. L. (2003, November). The Legal Landscape of School Desegregation Litigation: From Brown I to Sheff. Paper presented at the Education Law Association 49th Annual Conference, Savannah, GA.

Caldas, S. J., & Caron-Caldas, S. C. (2003, April). An Ethnographic Narrative of a Family Case Study to Rear Biliterate/Bilingual Children in Two Monolingual Cultures. Paper presented at the 4th International Symposium on Bilingualism, Phoenix, AZ.

Caldas, S. J., Bankston, C. L., & Henry, R. (2001, March). Desegregation and

the federalization of schools: Longitudinal evidence from school funding. Paper presented at the 2001 annual meeting of the Population Association of America, Washington, DC.

Caldas, S. J. & Caron-Caldas, S. C. (2001, April). The Language Preferences of Adolescent Bilinguals: Allegiance and Opposition. Paper presented at the 2001 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Seattle, WA.

Caldas, S. J., & Bankston, C. L. (2001, April). Coercive school desegregation in Lafayette Parish: The disintegration of a school system? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Seattle, WA.

Caldas, S. J. & Bankston, C. L. (2000, April). New Orleans, Baton Rouge & school

desegregation: A study in white flight. Paper presented at the 2000 annual

meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA.

Caldas, S. J., & Caron-Caldas, S. (2000, April). Results from a fourteen year case study to rear bilingual children in monolingual America: The challenge of adolescence. Paper presented at the 2000 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA.

Caldas, S. J. (1999, August). Majority African American schools and the family structures of schools: Further inquiry into the correlation between racial composition and academic achievement. Paper presented at the 1999 annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Chicago, Il.

Caldas, S. J., Caldas, S. C., Caldas, J. T., Caldas, S. V., & Caldas, V. S. (1998, April). Language immersion and cultural identity: Do real Americans speak only English? Paper presented at the 1998 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA.

Boudreaux, N., & Caldas, S. J. (1998, April). Foreign language immersion: A key to success on standardized tests. Paper presented at the 1998 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA.

Caldas, S. J., & Caron-Caldas, S. (1997, March). Environmental influences on minority language communication in a bilingual household. Paper presented at the 1997 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.

Caldas, S. J. & Caldas, S. C. (1996, April). A case-study evaluation of a family French immersion project. A paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York, NY.

Caldas, S. J. & Bankston, C. L. (1996, May). Demographic constraints on network environments and student academic achievement. Presented at the annual meeting of the Population Association of America, New Orleans, LA.

Caldas, S. J., & Bankston, C. (1995, April). The effect of school population socioeconomic status on individual student academic achievement. A paper presented at the annual meeting of the Population Association of America, San Francisco, CA.

Bankston, C. L., & Caldas, S. J. (1996, Feb.). Schools as social networks: Influences on academic achievement. A paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Sunbelt Social Network Conference, Charleston, SC.

Caldas, S. J., & Mossavat, M. (1994, April). A statewide program assessment survey of parents', teachers', and principals' perceptions of school report cards. A paper presented at the American Educational Research Association annual meeting, New Orleans, LA.

Caldas, S. J. (1993, August). The social integration determinants of teenage fertility in the United States. A paper presented at the International Sociological Association Research Committee on Population, Montreal, Canada.

Caldas, S. J., Franklin, B. J. (1993, April). Leadership academy magnet school: A model school design. A paper presented at the American Educational Research Association annual meeting, Atlanta, GA.

Parent, W., Caldas, S. J., Kilburn, J., & Petrakis, P. (September, 1992). An ordinary explanation of an extraordinary election: The 1991 Louisiana vote. A paper presented at the American Political Science Association annual meeting, Chicago, IL.

Caldas, S. J. (1991, April). Understanding teenage pregnancy: Current theoretical perspectives. A paper presented at the 1991 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.

Caldas, S. J. (1991, April). Social distance norms in higher education: A participant-observation study. A paper presented at the 1991 annual meeting of the American Education Research Association, Chicago, IL.

Caldas, S. J. (1989, October). An organizational perspective of the researcher practitioner dichotomy in educational administration: The UCEA and the NCPEA. A paper presentation at the annual meeting of the University Council of Educational Administration, Tempe, AZ.

Caldas, S. J. & Pounder, D. G. (1989, March). Teenage pregnancy: A control theory perspective. A paper presented at the 1989 American Educational Research Association Conference, San Francisco, CA.

Maxcy, S. J. & Caldas, S. J. (1988, April). A critique of moral imagination and the philosophy of school leadership. A paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Conference, New Orleans, LA.

Regional

Caldas, S. (2012, March). American Education Language Policy and the ELL Achievement GAP. Paper presented at the Seventh Annual Changing Suburbs Institute Educational Forum, Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY.

Caldas, S. J. (April, 2011). Dual Language Programs as a Tool for Fostering Socioeconomic Integration. Presentation at the Sixth Annual Changing Suburbs Institute Educational Forum, Manhattanville College.

Bensy, M. L., & Caldas, S. J. (2011, April). Lending my voice, out LOUD: A study of the sexual abuse of students with disabilities in American schools. Paper presented at the annual meeting of TASH New England, in Worcester, MA.

Caldas, S. J. (2004, Feb. 20). Re-Analyzing the Social, Political, and Educational History of Desegregation 50 Years After Brown. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Louisiana Political Science Association, LSU-A, Alexandria, LA.

Caldas, S. J., & Bankston, C. L. (2003, March). Preliminary evaluation of the

effects of a federal desegregation order on student enrollment in Lafayette Parish. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Louisiana Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA.

Caldas, S. J. & Cain, J., & Bankston, C. L. (2002, April 5). Teachers’ Perceptions of Desegregation Benefits to Displaced African-American Students, White Students, and School System. Paper presented at the 2002 annual meeting of the Southern Sociological Society in Baltimore, MD.

Caldas, S. J., & Bankston, C. L. (2001, Feb.). Consequences of federal desegregation order on the Lafayette Parish School District: Another Baton Rouge? Paper presented at the 2001 annual meeting of the Southwest Education Research Association, New Orleans, LA. (winner of outstanding research award)

Caldas, S. J., Growe, R., & Bankston, C. (2000, Oct. 14). African American and White reaction to Lafayette Parish school desegregation order. Paper presented at the 2000 annual meeting of the Mid-South Sociological Association, Knoxville, TN.

Caldas, S. J. & Bankston, C. L. (2000, September 14). White flight from East Baton Rouge Parish schools. Paper presented at faculty workshop in Political Science Department, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA.

Caldas, S. J. & Bankston, C. L. (2000, January). East Baton Rouge, school desegregation . . . and unintended consequences. Paper presented at the 2000 annual meeting of the Southwest Educational Research Association, Dallas, TX.

Caldas, S. J. & Bankston, C. L. (2000, Feb.). The academic consequences of desegregation and resegregation: It’s a family affair. Paper presented at the 2000 annual meeting of the Louisiana Educational Research Association, Lafayette, LA.

Caldas, S. J. (1999, November). A comparison and contrast of the desegregation experiences of three Louisiana school districts: The City of Monroe, Ouachita Parish, and Lafayette Parish. Paper presented at the 1999 annual meeting of the Mid-South Educational Association, Point Clear, AL.

Caldas, S. J. & Bankston, C. L. (1999, March). The promise and failure of school desegregation in Baton Rouge and New Orleans. Paper presented at the 1999 annual meeting of the Louisiana Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA. (winner of outstanding research award)

Bankston, C. L. & Caldas, S. J. (1999, January). Black family structure and

schooling three decades after the Moynihan report. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southwest Educational Research Association, San Antonio, TX.

Bankston, C. L., & Caldas, S. J. (1998, October). Nonpublic schools and defacto

segregation of public schools: Disentangling effects using HLM modeling. Paper

presented at the annual meeting of the Mid-south Sociological Association, Lafayette LA.

Bankston, C. L., & Caldas, S. J. (1998, November). Desegregation and white

flight to nonpublic schools. Paper presented at faculty seminar in Political Science Department, University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, LA.

Caldas, S. J. (1998, Jan.) Can a foreign language immersion program reduce

English-language dominance in bilingual children? Evidence from a case study. Paper presented at the 1998 annual meeting of the Southwest Educational Research Association, Houston, TX.

Caldas, S. J. (1998, March). How to kill childhood bilingualism. . . And bring it back to life again: The case of Louisiana in the big picture. Paper presented at the 1998 annual meeting of the Louisiana Educational Research Association, Shreveport, LA.

Bankston, C. L., & Caldas, S. J. (1998, March). Family structure, schoolmates, and the racial inequalities in school achievement. Paper presented at the 1998 annual meeting of the Louisiana Educational Research Association, Shreveport, LA.

Boudreaux, N., & Caldas, S. J. (1998, March). A comparison of French

immersion and non-immersion LEAP test results. Paper presented at the 1998 annual meeting of the Louisiana Educational Research Association, Shreveport, LA.

Caldas, S. J., & Bankston, C. L. (1997, October). School-level and individual-level influences on standardized test results: A Proc Mixed model. Paper presented at the 1997 annual meeting of the Mid-South Sociological Society, Huntsville, AL.

Caldas, S. J. & Bankston, C. (1996, May). Female-headed families and school environments: Does the family structure of schoolmates make a difference in academic achievement? A paper presented at the annual meeting of the Louisiana Educational Research Association, Lafayette, LA.

Bankston, C. & Caldas, S. J., & Zhou, M. (1996, May). The academic achievement of Vietnamese American students: Ethnicity as social capital. A paper presented at the annual meeting of the Louisiana Educational Research Association, Lafayette, LA.

Caldas, S. J. & Bankston, C. (1996, January). School composition, television watching, and academic achievement. A paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southwest Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA.

Bankston, C. L., & Caldas, S. J. (1996, March). Racial composition of schools: When does it help and when does it hurt achievement? A paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Sociological Society.

Bankston, C., & Caldas, S. J. (1995, April). Majority black schools and the perpetuation of social injustice: The influence of de facto segregation on academic achievement. A paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Sociological Association, Atlanta, Ga.

Bankston, C. L., & Caldas, S. J. (1997, April). Race, assimilation, and school performance: The continuing dilemma. Paper presented at the 1997 annual meeting of the Southern Sociological Society, New Orleans, LA.

Caldas, S. J., & Caron-Caldas, S. (1997, Jan.). Can bilingualism boost academic achievement? Paper presented at the 1997 annual meeting of the Southwest Educational Research Association, Austin, TX.

Caldas, S. J., & Bankston, C. L. (1997, March). Racial inequality and test performance in Louisiana schools. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Louisiana Educational Research Association, Baton Rouge, LA.

Lang, M., Caldas, S. J., & Franklin, B. (1994, September). Using the courthouse model to evaluate professional development at multiple sites. A paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Louisiana Evaluators, New Orleans, LA.

Caldas, S. J. (1994, June). African-American and White student performance on the Louisiana Graduation Exit Examination. A paper presented at the Louisiana Association of Education that is Multicultural, Southern University, Baton Rouge, LA.

Caldas, S.J. (1994, January). A longitudinal comparison of student cohort attainment rates on the Louisiana Graduation Exit Exam. A paper presented at the annual meeting of the Louisiana Educational Research Association, Baton Rouge, LA.

Caldas, S. J., & Halbrook, A. M. (1994, January). A longitudinal study of the effect of two alternative scoring weighting formulas on the written composition attainment rates of the Louisiana Graduation Exit Examination. A paper presented at the annual meeting of the Louisiana Educational Research Association, Baton Rouge, LA.

Lang, M., Caldas, S. J., & Franklin, B. J. (January, 1994). Evaluating reform programs with traditional measures. A paper presented at the annual meeting of the Louisiana Educational Research Association, Baton Rouge, LA.

Caldas, S. J., & Kilburn, J. (1992, March). A parish profile of the Sociodemographic, economic, and voting propensity predictors of the David Duke vote in the Louisiana 1990 U. S. Senate, and 1991 gubernatorial races. A paper presented at the Southwest Political Science Association annual meeting, Austin, TX.

Caldas, S. J., & Kilburn, J. (1992, April). A multivariate analysis of white poverty, income, religion, and the David Duke vote. A paper presented at the Southern Sociological Society annual meeting, New Orleans, LA.

Caldas, S. J., Ducote, J., Franklin, B. J., Crone, L., & Killebrew, C. (1992,

February). Building a statewide school categorization model using socioeconomic, demographic, and education variables. A paper presented at the annual meeting of the Louisiana Educational Research Association annual meeting, Baton Rouge, LA.

Franklin, B. J. & Caldas, S. J. (1992, February). School Report Cards: A tool for evaluating public schools? A paper presented at the annual meeting of the Louisiana Educational Research Association annual meeting, Baton Rouge, LA.

Franklin, B. J., Caldas, S. J., Crone, L., Ducote, J., & Killebrew, C.(1992, February). The relationship of size, socioeconomic status, community type and achievement in Louisiana public schools. A paper presented at the annual meeting of the Louisiana Educational Research Association annual meeting, Baton Rouge, LA.

Crone, L., Franklin, B., Caldas, S. J., Ducote, J., & Killebrew, C. (1992, February).The use of norm-referenced and/or criterion referenced tests as indicators of school effectiveness. A paper presented at the annual meeting of the Louisiana Educational Research Association annual meeting, Baton Rouge, LA.

Ducote, J., Franklin, B. J., Caldas, S. J., Crone, L., & Killebrew, C. (1992, February). Preliminary findings of the School Categorization Survey. A paper presented at the annual meeting of the Louisiana Educational Research Association annual meeting, Baton Rouge, LA.

Killebrew, C., Caldas, S. J., Crone, L., Ducote, L., & Franklin, B. (1992, February).The Louisiana School Incentive Program: How we compare. A paper presented at the annual meeting of the Louisiana Educational Research Association annual meeting, Baton Rouge, LA.

Caldas, S. J., & Kilburn, J. (1991, October). Who voted for David Duke?: An exploration of demographic, socioeconomic, and voting propensity predictors of voting behavior in the 1990 Louisiana U.S. senate race. A paper presented at the Mid-South Sociological Association annual conference, Jackson, MS.

Caldas, S. J. (1990, October). The private and public economic costs of teenage pregnancy: Empirical and hypothetical considerations. A paper presented at the 1990 annual Mid-South Sociological Association Conference, Hot Springs, AR.

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