Bøker av James S. Coleman

Examines the resources available to parents and the actions parents can take to further their children's education. It is based on a national survey of 26,000 eighth graders, their parents, teachers and school administrators.

?A brilliant, magnificent, trail-blazing piece of work. The criticisms I have are hardly worth mentioning . . . It is as fine a display of virtuosity in data-analysis as I know anything about.?-Social Forces

Examines the resources available to parents and the actions parents can take to further their childrens' education. This study of the subject is based on major survey data, drawing from the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988.