LGB students in secondary schools: results of a survey study in Flanders

Social inequality in education is a frequently investigated subject in educational sociology. Educational inequalities that received much attention in the last decennia are the achievement gaps caused by socioeconomic inequality (Coleman et al., 1966), racial or ethnic inequality (Johnson, Crosnoe & Elder, 2001) or gender (Epstein, Elwood, Hey & Maw, 1998). Only recently attention is paid to the educational experiences and careers of LGB (lesbian, gay and bisexual) students. Educational inequality is often explained in terms of adjustment difficulties, caused by differences between per... Mehr ...