Education Quotes by James S. Coleman

If we refuse to accept as inevitable the irresponsibility and educational unconcern of the adolescent culture, then this poses a serious challenge.

— 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…

— James S. Coleman

Children from a given family background, when put in schools of different social compositions, will achieve at quite different levels.

— James S. Coleman

I'd propose that each central-city child should have an entitlement from the state to attend any school in the metropolitan area outside…

— James S. Coleman

There are many examples in high schools which show something about the effects such competition might have.

— James S. Coleman

The present structure of rewards in high schools produces a response on the part of an adolescent social system which effectively impedes…

— James S. Coleman

Schools are successful only insofar as they reduce the dependence of a child's opportunities upon his social origins.

— James S. Coleman

In a high school, the norms act to hold down the achievements of those who are above average, so that the school's…

— James S. Coleman

Grades are almost completely relative, in effect ranking students relative to others in their class. Thus extra achievement by one student not…

— James S. Coleman

It is one thing to take as a given that approximately 70 percent of an entering high school freshman class will not…

— James S. Coleman

The results indicate that heterogeneity of race and heterogeneity of family educational background can increase the achievement of children from weak educational…

— James S. Coleman

Cultural dominance of middle-class norms prevail in middle-class schools with a teacher teaching toward those standards and with students striving to maintain…

— James S. Coleman

A child's learning is a function more of the characteristics of his classmates than those of the teacher.

— James S. Coleman

The educational resources provided by a child's fellow students are more important for his achievement than are the resources provided by the…

— James S. Coleman