Contents -- Introduction -- I Reframing the Debate:What Children Can Become -- 1 Colliding Expectations of Family and School -- 2 Turning Points in Research on Expectations:Toward an Ecological Paradigm -- 3 Revisiting Educational Self-Fulfilling Prophecies -- II Expectations in Classrooms:Through the Eyes of Students -- 4 Children Talk about Expectations for Achievement -- 5 Differences among Classroom Achievement Cultures -- 6 Children's Lives in Contrasting Classrooms -- 7 Achievement Histories of Vulnerability and Resilience -- III Expectations in Systems:Through the Eyes of Educators -- 8 Changing a Stratified School Culture -- 9 A School Culture for the Fullest Development -- 10 Achievement Cultures for University Faculty -- Conclusion -- References -- Acknowledgments -- Index.