Educational Inequality Flashcards
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JENCKS
Between School Effects
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- Fanily background & non-school factors affect educational and occupational attainment
- Education CANNOT eliminate inequality
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COLEMAN
Between School Effects
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- Almost 80% of schools attended by Whites contained only 10% or less Black students
- Inequalities in the home, neighborhood, and peer environment
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TRACKING
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Sorting students into different educational programs based on their perceived abilities
• HELPS HIGHER achieving students
• HURTS LOWER achieving students
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Who does TRACKING NEGATIVELY affect?
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Blacks, Latinos and poor students
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HIDDEN CURRICULUM
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Unspoken and unofficial norms, behaviors, and values kids learn at school
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DOWNEY AND GIBBS
How Schools Really Matter
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When it comes to inequality, schools are more the solution than the problem
