Inequality on the Safety Net in Upper Secondary Education : Focusing on Koto Sensyu Gakko

The purpose of this research is to reexamine the mechanisms of generational reproduction of inequality occurring on the safety net in the upper secondary education, by looking at koto sensyu gakko. In Japan\u27s upper secondary education, many students who have underprivileged family background were accepted by “non-mainstream schools”. But these schools may contribute the problem of generational reproduction of inequality which school education have confronted for a long time. / Out of the interviews with five koto sensyu gakko\u27s teachers, following two findings are found. Firstly, almost all the students succeed in entering post-secondary education or in being employed full-time. These five schools are cases overcoming the restriction of students\u27careers by the tracking systems. But secondly, there are new mechanisms of generational reproduction of inequality relate to students\u27career choice. It is different by the family background both whether children can enter the nonmainstream school that suits his or her needs and whether students can enter post-secondary education, which is easily to entry into the steady occupational life