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. James S. Coleman achievementadversebackground share on social
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 achievementboardchild Change image and share on social
Schools are successful only insofar as they reduce the dependence of a child's opportunities upon his social origins. James S. Coleman childdependenceopportunity Change image and share on social
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 easily maintained by the majority. James S. Coleman achievementactaverage Change image and share on social
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. James S. Coleman achievementadolescentclear share on social
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. James S. Coleman classculturaldominance Change image and share on social
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. James S. Coleman attentionattitudechange Change image and share on social
Children from a given family background, when put in schools of different social compositions, will achieve at quite different levels. James S. Coleman achievebackgroundchild Change image and share on social
In every school, more boys wanted to be remembered as a star athlete than as a brilliant student. James S. Coleman athleteboybrilliant Change image and share on social
