Sociology 2140 Lecture Notes - High School Dropouts, School Violence, Functional Illiteracy

• School: Western University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: Sociology 2140
• Professor: T A

Document Summary

Education: social institution responsible for transmitting knowledge skills, and cultural values in a formally organized structure. Occurs because some groups have vested interest in placing greater emphasis on the importance of educational degrees. Education & equality: the issue of equal access. Our society is based on the premise that everyone should have the right to an education. There is a lot of criticism that not all students have access to the same quality education. Schools in the u. s. tend to be highly segregated along the lines of social class and race, despite efforts to integrate. A public that is indifferent to the desirability of integrated schools. Affluent families are more likely to move in order to find a good school for their children or to send them to private schools. High school dropouts in the united states, eighteen to twenty-four. Years old, by race & ethnic origin, 2004.