SOC224H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Social Capital, Railways Act 1921
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Fa m ilie s , ne ig h b o rh o o d s a n d s c h o o ls: one part about thinking about inequality and education. The savage inequalities of public education in new york , kozol. Low ses kids are over-represented in these vocational streams. Equity = streaming is bad, once you"re in, it"s hard to get out. Concerns: seen to label students, dampen aspirations, limits learning opportunities, reinforces ses inequalities. School structure: streaming or tracking : program based ways that students are divided (high school) Gamoran, is ability grouping equitable? : tracking in us high schools. Is lumping the better option: lumping by designs: mixed groups (grade 3) Performance gaps between vocational and academic streams. Vocational tends to have low learning while academic is much higher. This gap is bigger than the gap that existed between those who stayed in school and those who dropped out.
