Author Question: Discuss how inequality of education affects social class. What will be an ideal ... (Read 92 times)

lb_gilbert · **on:** Jul 2, 2018

Discuss how inequality of education affects social class.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

With the concentration of more affluent people into walled and gated communities, there is an ever increasing concentration of _____ in segregated and deteriorating neighborhoods.

a. the poor
b. the middle class
c. the lower-middle class
d. small-business owners

DHRUVSHAH · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 2, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Feedback: The amount of formal education an individual achieves is a major determinant of her or his occupation, income, and prestige. Inequality of educational opportunity exists in all educational levels in many subtle and not-so-subtle forms. Districts with a better tax base have superior facilities, better-motivated teachers (because those districts can pay more), and better techniques than do the poorer districts. Within each school, regardless of the type of district, children are given standardized tests that have a middle-class bias. Armed with these data, educators place children in tracks according to ability. These tracks thus become discriminatory, because the lowest track is composed disproportionately of the lower socioeconomic category.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: a. the poor