The present structure of rewards in high schools produces a response on the part of an adolescent social system which effectively impedes the process of education.
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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.James S. Coleman
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 school where many boys and girls did so.
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There are many examples in high schools which show something about the effects such competition might have.
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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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Cultural dominance of middle-class norms prevail in middle-class schools with a teacher teaching toward those standards and with students striving to maintain those standards.
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The results indicate that heterogeneity of race and heterogeneity of family educational background can increase the achievement of children from weak educational backgrounds with no adverse effect on children from strong educational backgrounds.
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