Grades are almost completely relative, in effect ranking students relative to others in their class....#James S Coleman
Cultural dominance of middle-class norms prevail in middle-class schools with a teacher teaching toward those...#James S Coleman
Children from a given family background, when put in schools of different social compositions, will...#James S Coleman
A child's learning is a function more of the characteristics of his classmates than those...#James S Coleman
There are many examples in high schools which show something about the effects such competition...#Competition
The results indicate that heterogeneity of race and heterogeneity of family educational background can increase...#James S Coleman
The present structure of rewards in high schools produces a response on the part of...#James S Coleman
The higher the social class of other students the higher any given student's achievement.#James S Coleman
The educational resources provided by a child's fellow students are more important for his achievement...#James S Coleman
Schools are successful only insofar as they reduce the dependence of a child's opportunities upon...#James S Coleman
