Affecting Mental Health
This widely promoted national ideal claims that success is achievable through hard work and individual effort?
What is the Dream
This is often described as the primary pathway to success in society?
What is Education
This major obstacle to college access often includes tuition, fees, and textbook costs?
What is Cost
This factor is described as one of the strongest predictors of a child’s educational success?
What is Class
Starting as early as age five, this system teaches many that education is the only path to success?
What is School
Woodrow Wilson said a larger class should train for these kinds of tasks?
What is Labor
Policies linking funding to graduation rates and selective admissions act as these, blocking access to higher education?
What are Gates
Gaps in achievement often begin during this early stage of a child’s education?
What is Kindergarten
Indulging in unrealistic, idealized visions of the future is referred to as this?
What is Fantasy
This metaphor illustrates education’s power to include or exclude?
What is Gatekeeping
Even teachers can act as these, deciding who advances and who does not?
What are Gatekeepers
Students from lower-income families often have limited access to this fundamental public service?
What is Education
Failing to meet one’s own unrealistic standards can lead to feelings of this?
What is Worthlessness
This term refers to the enrollment decline linked to falling birth rates?
What is "The Cliff"
Complex procedures for financial help in college are often referred to as this?
What is Aid
Only about 51% of lower-income students enroll in this after high school?
What is College
This trait, defined by extremely high standards and self-criticism, has steadily increased among young people over the past 27 years?
What is Perfectionism
Between 2010 and 2021, college enrollment dropped by this many students?
What is 350k
This structural practice sorts students out rather than supporting them, even when they work hard?
What is Gatekeeping
Programs that integrate health, nutrition, and family outreach are often described as this type of approach?
What is Whole-child