Inequality in Education
INEQUALITY IN EDUCATION
Table of Contents
A. Abstract
Analysis of Education
B. Functionalists Perspective and Education C. Conflict Perspective and Education D. Symbolic-Interactonist Perspective and Education E. Conclusion F. Bibliography
ABSTRACT:
“Three quarters of the students at the most elite private colleges come from upper middle-class or wealthy families. Only five percent come from families with household incomes under $35,000. Half a century after Brown v. Board of Education, poor children of color – and regardless of color -- are routinely, and increasingly, assigned to schools filled with other poor children—a practice with a long, proven record of failure. The college enrollment gap between low- and high-income Americans is widening, even as the economic value of a college degree continues to increase”(Meyers). See table below.
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Introduction: The goal of education is to make sure that every student has a chance to excel, both in school and in life. Increasingly, children 's success in school determines their success as adults, determining whether and where they go to college, what professions that they enter, and how much they are paid. Why is that getting a good education is dependent upon a person’s socioeconomic status? Education is a right in the U.S, but it seems to be accessible for the privilege. Why do we have inequality in education? Let’s look at different views explaining some possible causes or contributors to this issue. “Social inequality is the expression of lack of access to housing, health care, education, employment opportunities, and status. It is the exclusion of people from full and equal participation in what we, the members of society, perceive as being valuable, important, personally worthwhile, and socially desirable. Economic inequality is expressed through the unequal distribution of wealth in society. This has obvious ramifications in
Table of Contents
A. Abstract
Analysis of Education
B. Functionalists Perspective and Education C. Conflict Perspective and Education D. Symbolic-Interactonist Perspective and Education E. Conclusion F. Bibliography
ABSTRACT:
“Three quarters of the students at the most elite private colleges come from upper middle-class or wealthy families. Only five percent come from families with household incomes under $35,000. Half a century after Brown v. Board of Education, poor children of color – and regardless of color -- are routinely, and increasingly, assigned to schools filled with other poor children—a practice with a long, proven record of failure. The college enrollment gap between low- and high-income Americans is widening, even as the economic value of a college degree continues to increase”(Meyers). See table below.
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Introduction: The goal of education is to make sure that every student has a chance to excel, both in school and in life. Increasingly, children 's success in school determines their success as adults, determining whether and where they go to college, what professions that they enter, and how much they are paid. Why is that getting a good education is dependent upon a person’s socioeconomic status? Education is a right in the U.S, but it seems to be accessible for the privilege. Why do we have inequality in education? Let’s look at different views explaining some possible causes or contributors to this issue. “Social inequality is the expression of lack of access to housing, health care, education, employment opportunities, and status. It is the exclusion of people from full and equal participation in what we, the members of society, perceive as being valuable, important, personally worthwhile, and socially desirable. Economic inequality is expressed through the unequal distribution of wealth in society. This has obvious ramifications in
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