James S. Coleman
James S. Coleman
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSociologist
Date of Birth12 May 1926
CountryUnited States of America
teenager eye data
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.
girl school boys
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.
teacher children function
A child's learning is a function more of the characteristics of his classmates than those of the teacher.
class achievement ranking
Grades are almost completely relative, in effect ranking students relative to others in their class. Thus extra achievement by one student not only raises his position, but in effect lowers the position of others.
children school opportunity
It is one thing to take as a given that approximately 70 percent of an entering high school freshman class will not attend college, but to assign a particular child to a curriculum designed for that 70 percent closes off for that child the opportunity to attend college.