The results indicate that heterogeneity of race and heterogeneity of family educational background can increase the achievement of children from weak educational backgrounds with no adverse effect on children from strong educational backgrounds.

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.

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 results indicate that heterogeneity of race and heterogeneity of family educational background can increase the achievement of children from weak educational backgrounds with no adverse effect on children from strong educational backgrounds.

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

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

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