{"product_id":"class-rules-exposing-inequality-in-american-high-schools-hardback-9780807754535","title":"Class Rules; Exposing Inequality in American High Schools (Hardback) 9780807754535","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eClass Rules\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eExposing Inequality in American High Schools\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePeter W. Cookson Jr. (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780807754535\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 25 August 2013\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e160 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.4 x 1.5 cm, 0.456 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eClass Rules\u003c\/em\u003e challenges the popular myth that high schools are the “Great Equalizers”. In his groundbreaking study, Cookson demonstrates that adolescents undergo different class rites of passage depending on the social-class composition of the high school they attend. Drawing on stories of schools and individual students, the author shows that where a student goes to high school is a major influence on his or her social class trajectory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eClass Rules\u003c\/em\u003e is a penetrating, original examination of the role education plays in blocking upward mobility for many children. It offers a compelling vision of an equitable system of schools based on the full democratic rights of students.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook features: provides a fresh, dynamic way of understanding educational inequality and social reproduction, offers a breakthrough social\/psychological theory of how adolescents acquire class consciousness, compares the cultures and curricula of five American high schools focusing on the class composition of their students.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Teachers College Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52739410657560,"sku":"9780807754535","price":51.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/class-rules-exposing-inequality-in-american-high-schools-hardback-9780807754535","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}