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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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"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."
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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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"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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