If We Refuse To Accept As Inevitable

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.

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.

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.

Schools Are Successful Only Insofar As They Reduce The Dependence Of A Child's Opportunities Upon His Social Origins.

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.