Non-predicted trajectories: educational choiches over the reproduction of predicted paths

The sociological literature on education predominantly focuses on the phenomenon of the social reproduction of educational inequalities. What is often lacking is an analysis of cases that deviate from this pattern of so-cial reproduction. In this study, based on primary data collected in the La-zio region in 2023 from a sample of 2.860 students, the aim is to examine those cases that deviate from the educational trajectories predicted by their cultural capital and to describe them. The study will also explore the determinants of upward and downward educational mobility, as well as post-secondary educational choice expectations, with the aim of uncov-ering the more hidden mechanisms of the educational system.