Defining student success: the role of school and culture

Introduction : three high schools with three distinct ideas about school success

Alternative High : effort explains school success

Fearing failure at Alternative High

Comprehensive High : effort is helpful, but intelligence limits school success

Separate worlds, separate concerns : AP versus college-prep track at Comprehensive High

Elite Charter High : intelligence plus initiative bring school success

Competitive classmates at Elite Charter High

Beyond identity : consequences of school beliefs on students' futures.