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The higher the social class of other students the higher any given student's achievement.
A child's learning is a function more of the characteristics of his classmates than those of the teacher.
Particular individuals who might never consider dropping out if they were in a different high school might decide to drop out if they attended a... →
Grades are almost completely relative, in effect ranking students relative to others in their class. Thus extra achievement by one student not only... →
In a high school, the norms act to hold down the achievements of those who are above average, so that the school's demands will be at a level... →
For to change the norms, the very foci of attention, of a cultural system is a difficult task - far more complex than that of changing an... →
The educational resources provided by a child's fellow students are more important for his achievement than are the resources provided by the... →
If we refuse to accept as inevitable the irresponsibility and educational unconcern of the adolescent culture, then this poses a serious challenge.
Schools are successful only insofar as they reduce the dependence of a child's opportunities upon his social origins.
I'd propose that each central-city child should have an entitlement from the state to attend any school in the metropolitan area outside his own... →
The present structure of rewards in high schools produces a response on the part of an adolescent social system which effectively impedes the process... →
Children from a given family background, when put in schools of different social compositions, will achieve at quite different levels.
In every school, more boys wanted to be remembered as a star athlete than as a brilliant student.
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