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Crozier, Gill; Reay, Diane; James, David – International Studies in Sociology of Education, 2011
The white middle-class parents who chose to send their children to urban comprehensives largely rejected engaging in the usual competitiveness for educational success. Nevertheless the parents in our study still found themselves wittingly or otherwise captured by that same discourse. Their children are high achievers and are regarded as a valuable…
Descriptors: Middle Class, Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship, Working Class
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Eckert, Penelope – American Journal of Public Health, 1983
Smoking among students in a suburban high school appears to be part of a complex, symbolic process that is associated with a system of social differentiation between working class and middle class students. To be effective, anti-smoking programs should consider the social dynamics of smoking. (Author/MJL)
Descriptors: Adolescents, High School Students, High Schools, Intervention