Class Rules · Exposing Inequality in American High Schools (Multicultural Education Series) by Cookson-Jr., Peter W. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Multicultural Education Series Title Page Copyright Contents Series Foreword, by James A. Banks Introduction

The Question My Argument The Great Unequalizer The Persistence of Class The Social Organization of High Schools Snapshot of the Study Chapter Overview

1. Collective Memory and Class Reproduction

Introduction: Amanda, Sally, and Vivian Part One: Unpacking Class Rites of Passage Part Two: The Sample Schools and Analytic Approach Key Narratives in Class Rites of Passage Conclusion: What Constitutes Proof?

2. The Upper-Class Rite of Passage

Soft Calvinism at Your Service The Upper-Class Rite of Passage Conclusion: Institutional Impact and Collective Memory

3. The Upper-Middle-Class Rite of Passage

The Making of the Marketplace Self The Upper-Middle-Class Rite of Passage Conclusion: Institutional Impact and Collective Memory

4. The Middle-Class Rite of Passage

The Fear of Falling The Middle-Class Rite of Passage Conclusion: Institutional Impact and Collective Memory

5. The Working-Class Rite of Passage

The Road Not Taken The Working-Class Rite of Passage Conclusion: Institutional Impact and Collective Memory

6. The Underclass Rite of Passage

The Search for Dignity The Underclass Rite of Passage Conclusion: Institutional Impact and Collective Memory

7. Bending History Toward Justice

The Social Class Divide Is Within Reframing and Restructuring What Will It Take? The Finnish Possibility A 21st-Century Theory of Change Dare the School Build a New Social Order?

Appendix: School Portraiture with an Edge References Index About the Author