James S. Coleman was a professor at the University of Chicago and the co-founder of the American School Counselor Association. His research on school integration and minority education, published in his groundbreaking book, "The Adolescent Society: The Challenge to the Family," motivated President Carter to establish a National Commission on Excellence in Education, which was headed by Coleman and included many other prominent educators and researchers. He died in 1998.
A child's learning is a function more of the characteristics of his classmates than those of the teacher.James S. Coleman
The present structure of rewards in high schools produces a response on the part of an adolescent social system which effectively impedes the process of education.James S. Coleman
