1. Socioeconomic Trends and the Social Class Structure -- 2. Educational Selecting and Sorting in Postindustrial Metropolitan Society -- 3. Problems of Children and Youths in Differing Social Class Environments -- 4. Home Environment, the Family, and Cognitive Development -- 5. The Peer Group -- 6. The Transition from Adolescence to Adulthood -- 7. Mobility and Education -- 8. Low-Status Students and Compensatory Education -- 9. Desegregation -- 10. Cultural Pluralism and Minority Education -- 11. Women and Education -- 12. Additional Topics Focusing on Educational Equity -- 13. School Reform and Effectiveness
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 457-520) and index