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Download full textStickney, Benjamin D.; Fitzpatrick, Jody – 1987
In 1966, James Coleman's massive American schooling survey concluded that family background was principally associated with the existing inequities in cognitive achievement. Coleman's conclusion about schooling's minimal influence on academic performance violated an educational consciousness viewing school as the "great equalizer." Two…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education
