| This mixed methods study was conducted in an urban, comprehensive high school in Connecticut. This study combined Lareau's (2003) and Bourdieu's (1977, 1981) concepts of social and cultural capital with educational reproduction (Bourdieu & Passeron, 1990), and critical race theory (Dixson & Rousseau, 2006; Ladson-Billings & Tate, 1995) to explore whether both Assigned and Self-Selected Small Learning Communities (SLCs) provided urban students with equal access to social and cultural capital. Quantitative data was used to explore students' academic achievement and qualitative data was used to explore students' and teachers' perceptions and feelings regarding their SLCs. |
