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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.

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.

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.

If We Refuse To Accept As Inevitable The Irresponsibility And Educational Unconcern Of The Adolescent Culture, Then This Poses A Serious Challenge.

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.