Functionalist Perspective
From kindergarten through college, schools teach students the student role, specific academic subjects and political this.
Socialization
The conflict perspective believes that schools actually perpetuate inequalities based on these three things
Class, race, and gneder
Symbolic interventionists believe that this is an integral part of the socialization process
education
a recent study has shown that 47 % of adults in Detroit, Michigan are this
Functionally illiterate
White americans made about this percentage of college students as compared to African americans enrollment at 13.5 % and Hispanic/Latino enrollment at almost 12% Native Americans enrollment remains stagnant at about 1.0%
63%
Socialization, transmission of culture, social control, and social placement are all examples of this type of funtion
Manifest
Children from middle and upper class families are considered to have a higher this
cultural capital
students that do better socially and have a better learning experience than those who are labeled losers may set the stage for this concept
A Self-fulfilling prophecy
higher rates of functional illiteracy are typically found in areas with higher percentages of these two populations
minorities and immigrants
The proportionately low number of people of color enrolled in colleges and universities is reflected in the educational achievement of people age 25 over is shown in this Feature
“Census Profiles”
During the Bush administration, this Act of 2001 hoped to improve education for the nation's children by changing the federal government's role in kindergarten through twelfth grade.
The No Child Left Behind Act
This is the process of social selection that gives class advantage to people who possess academic qualifications
credentialism
name an aspect of school that may perpetuate the labeling of students when compared to other countries
Standardized tests
an estimated 30 million people 16 years old or older cannot do this
read well enough to fill out a job application
African Americans earned slightly less than 6%, by contrast, whites earned 47,246 PHDs of this percentage of total number of degrees awarded.
57%