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"The higher the social class of other students the higher any given student's achievement."
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"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."
"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."
"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."
"I'd propose that each central-city child should have an entitlement from the state to attend any school in the metropolitan area outside his own district - with per pupil funds going with him."
"Schools are successful only insofar as they reduce the dependence of a child's opportunities upon his social origins."
"A child's learning is a function more of the characteristics of his classmates than those of the teacher."
"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."
"As an example, one of the schools I have been studying is too small to compete effectively in most sports, but participates with vigor each year in the state music contests."
"If we refuse to accept as inevitable the irresponsibility and educational unconcern of the adolescent culture, then this poses a serious challenge."
"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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