Inequality in Schools
True or false: The current education system allows for socioeconomic class mobility
What is false?
The gap that explains the difference between average test scores of students in high poverty schools versus low poverty schools
What is opportunity gap?
The measure of individual ability/effort that is dependent on unequal starting points (makes failure seem like an individual problem)
What is merit?
The theory that explains education as a resource society is in competition for which maintains social inequality
What is conflict theory?