The higher the social class of other students the higher any given student's achievement.
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The educational resources provided by a child's fellow students are more important for his achievement than are the resources provided by the school board.James S. Coleman
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 individual's attitudes and interests.
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Grades are almost completely relative, in effect ranking students relative to others in their class. Thus extra achievement by one student not only raises his position, but in effect lowers the position of others.
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Schools are successful only insofar as they reduce the dependence of a child's opportunities upon his social origins.
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A child's learning is a function more of the characteristics of his classmates than those of the teacher.
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It is clear from all these data that the interests of teenagers are not focused around studies, and that scholastic achievement is at most of minor importance in giving status or prestige to an adolescent in the eyes of other adolescents.
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