GOVT 2225 Study Guide - Final Guide: Sr V Schools Class, Annette Lareau, Social Capital
15 Jan 2018
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"a tale of two schools: difference between white & black high school students experience, different resources and materials at school, different classes being taken. In the united states, nearly from the beginning, the concept of educational opportunity had special meaning which focused on equality: this meaning included the following elements. He points to a shift in our viewpoint. Idea of quality of results: school"s responsibility shifted from increasing and distributing equally its "quality" to increasing the quality of its students" achievements. The big questions: are these funding trends linked to average changes in achievement, how much does school funding matter, the coleman report, updating coleman (hanushek 2016) Trends in k-12 educational outcomes: test scores have increased (slightly, high school graduation rates have increased; dropout rates have decreased. Most famous (and controversial) conclusion: family background explains much more of the variance in achievement than between - school differences in school resources.
