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.

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If we refuse to accept as inevitable the irresponsibility and educational unconcern of the adolescent...

If we refuse to accept as inevitable the irresponsibility and educational unconcern of the adolescent...

Grades are almost completely relative, in effect ranking students relative to others in their class....

Grades are almost completely relative, in effect ranking students relative to others in their class....

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

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

As an example, one of the schools I have been studying is too small to...

As an example, one of the schools I have been studying is too small to...

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

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

It is one thing to take as a given that approximately 70 percent of an...

It is one thing to take as a given that approximately 70 percent of an...

It is clear from all these data that the interests of teenagers are not focused...

It is clear from all these data that the interests of teenagers are not focused...

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

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

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

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

For to change the norms, the very foci of attention, of a cultural system is...

For to change the norms, the very foci of attention, of a cultural system is...

Cultural dominance of middle-class norms prevail in middle-class schools with a teacher teaching toward those...

Cultural dominance of middle-class norms prevail in middle-class schools with a teacher teaching toward those...

I'd propose that each central-city child should have an entitlement from the state to attend...

I'd propose that each central-city child should have an entitlement from the state to attend...

The results indicate that heterogeneity of race and heterogeneity of family educational background can increase...

The results indicate that heterogeneity of race and heterogeneity of family educational background can increase...

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

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

Particular individuals who might never consider dropping out if they were in a different high...

Particular individuals who might never consider dropping out if they were in a different high...

In every school, more boys wanted to be remembered as a star athlete than as...

In every school, more boys wanted to be remembered as a star athlete than as...

The higher the social class of other students the higher any given student's achievement.

The higher the social class of other students the higher any given student's achievement.

In a high school, the norms act to hold down the achievements of those who...

In a high school, the norms act to hold down the achievements of those who...