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parental cultural capital  

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  • Parental cultural capital encompasses the cultural resources that parents have at their disposal to advocate for their children and promote their children's success, particularly within the school setting. Parental cultural capital is differentially allocated by social class, with middle-class parents possessing more and working-class and poor parents possessing little or none. [Source: Sociology of Education: An A-to-Z Guide; Parental Cultural Capital]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-W4Q9W0X9-0

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