As an example, one of the schools I have been studying is too small to compete effectively in most sports, but participates… — James S. Coleman Competition Copy Share Image
Children from a given family background, when put in schools of different social compositions, will achieve at quite different levels. — James S. Coleman Achieve Copy Share Image
In every school, more boys wanted to be remembered as a star athlete than as a brilliant student. — James S. Coleman Athlete Copy Share Image
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 Achievement Copy Share Image
For to change the norms, the very foci of attention, of a cultural system is a difficult task - far more complex… — James S. Coleman Attention Copy Share Image
Schools are successful only insofar as they reduce the dependence of a child's opportunities upon his social origins. — James S. Coleman Children Copy Share Image
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 Class Copy Share Image
The higher the social class of other students the higher any given student's achievement. — James S. Coleman Achievement Copy Share Image
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 Children Copy Share Image
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 Boy and girl Copy Share Image
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 Achievement Copy Share Image
It is clear from all these data that the interests of teenagers are not focused around studies, and that scholastic achievement is… — James S. Coleman Achievement Copy Share Image
A child's learning is a function more of the characteristics of his classmates than those of the teacher. — James S. Coleman Characteristics Copy Share Image
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 Adolescent Copy Share Image
There are many examples in high schools which show something about the effects such competition might have. — James S. Coleman About Copy Share Image
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 Children Copy Share Image
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 Achievement Copy Share Image
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 Accepting Copy Share Image
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 Above average Copy Share Image
