... conclusions about what education truly achieves. One of these conclusions, which comes from a functionalist point of view, is the idea that the primary function of education is to help socialize children and prepare them for their eventual entrance into society as adults. Another one of these conclusions, which comes from a conflict theory point of view, believes that ... Brewer, that modeled track placement as a function of race/ethnicity and socioeconomic class/status on the assignment of students to an above average, average, below average, or heterogeneous tenth grade math class (A...

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