Social Class and Educational Attainment

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of schools. Also, house prices in areas of the best schools can be up to 20% higher than similar houses in other areas. (Boudon R.) Upper class parents are more able to afford to move these better schools. At the other end of the social class spectrum, those going to school in the most deprived areas may suffer disruptions in school due to gang related violence and introduction to drugs. All of this suggests that location, which is clearly part of your home background in the broader sense of the word, is a major factor in educational achievement.
Cultural deprivation also has a negative effect on children at home. Working class children are more likely to be socialized into the restricted speech code and so are less able to understand teachers at school compared to their middle class peers who speak in the elaborated speech code. The classes are also taught the value of immediate rather than deferred gratification, and so are less likely to see the value of higher education. In ...

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