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Working mothers, broken homes, poverty, racial or ethnic background, poorly educated parentsthese are the usual reasons given for the academic problems of poor urban children. Reginald M. Clark contends, however, that such structural characteristics of families neither predict nor explain the wide variation in academic achievement among children. He emphasizes instead the total family life, stating that the most important indicators of academic potential are embedded in family culture. To support his contentions, Clark offers ten intimate portraits of Black families in Chicago. Visiting the homes of poor one- and two-parent families of high and low achievers, Clark made detailed observations on the quality of home life, noting how family habits and interactions affect school success and what characteristics of family life provide children with school survival skills, a complex of behaviors, attitudes, and knowledge that are the essential elements in academic success. Clark's conclusion

The Pledge

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      Publisher The University of Chicago Press
      Published 15 October 1984
      ISBN-13 9780226107707
      978-0226107707
      ISBN-10 0226107701
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      Educational administration and organization Ethnic studies / Ethnicity

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      Book Synopsis
      Working mothers, broken homes, poverty, racial or ethnic background, poorly educated parentsthese are the usual reasons given for the academic problems of poor urban children. Reginald M. Clark contends, however, that such structural characteristics of families neither predict nor explain the wide variation in academic achievement among children. He emphasizes instead the total family life, stating that the most important indicators of academic potential are embedded in family culture. To support his contentions, Clark offers ten intimate portraits of Black families in Chicago. Visiting the homes of poor one- and two-parent families of high and low achievers, Clark made detailed observations on the quality of home life, noting how family habits and interactions affect school success and what characteristics of family life provide children with school survival skills, a complex of behaviors, attitudes, and knowledge that are the essential elements in academic success. Clark's conclusion

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