1. Sociology of Education
Due to educational disparities brought on by social class and income, as well as race, gender, stratification, and socioeconomic factors and economic returns on education, the U.S. education system continues to be a vehicle for social reproduction instead of mobility. ... Schools do indeed act a primary mechanism in legitimizing class structures and reproducing class positions (MacCleod, 2008). Not only is class a factor of social reproduction in itself, but there are also several social processes in school by which class patterns reproduce. ... Schools often ask parents to be involved with ...
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