The present paper intends to demonstrate the connection between school choices and social position as characterized by a specific modus of socialising that adopts Bourdieu’s lesson in order to fully grasp the nuances of concepts such as habitus and social capital.
Coeherently with the results of a research conducted in two working class neighbourhoods in Bari, in which we used as control neighbourhood one whose residents instead belong to the upper-middle class, we argue the weight of family dynamics on the decisions regarding the passage from middle to secondary school. These dynamics, together with influences from peers and the opportunities offered by the neighbourhood, contribute in the process of choosing a school.
Keywords: Educational Poverty; School Choices; Educational Inequalities; Cultural Capital.