Important People
Which famous functionalist believed that education is the “influence exercised by adult generations on those that are not yet ready for social life?”
Emile Durkheim
Public education in the US dates back almost 160 years
True. Free public education goes as far back as 1848
Is the amount of school drop outs increasing or decreasing?
Decreasing
Define education
Education is the social institution responsible for the systematic transmission of knowledge, skills, and cultural values within a formally organized structure.
Which conflict theorist thought that access to a quality education is dependent on class?
Pierre Bourdieu
Half of the professors at colleges and universities are women
False. Women make up 33 percent of professors
Where does school funding come from?
State legislation and property taxes
What are the two different types of functions of education?
Manifest and latent
What did Jean-Francois Lyotard believe?
That knowledge in the modern day has become more like a commodity exchanged between producers and consumers
In public schools in the United States, classes such as history and mathematics were never taught in any language other than English before the 1960s civil rights movement
False. In the late 1800s, classes were taught in Italian, Polish, German, and other languages of recent immigrants.
Define integration
Integration is the process of purposefully changing the racial-ethnic composition of the school
Name a reason a parent may homeschool their child.
To avoid many of the issues of public school, to cater to their own child's needs, and to teach their children specific religious and moral instructions
Who first defined the idea of a self-fulfilling prophecy?
Robert K. Merton
Unlike K–12 schools, colleges and universities do not have to provide necessary services for people with disabilities to access education.
False. Colleges have to follow the some regulations.
What did the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 require schools to do?
It required schools to make their facilities, services, activities, and programs accessible to people with disabilities.
What does the multi-option approach to active shooter situations allow teachers to do?
Decide what they need to do to keep their specific group of students safe.