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Section 2

Education and Inequality

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Savage Inequalities

Savage inequalities, written by Jonathan Kozol, is a book that examines inequality in education.

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Coleman's Study of Between-School Effects in American Education

In 1966, the Coleman Report launched a debate about "school effects," desegregation and busing, and cultural bias in standardized tests.

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Tracking and Within-School Effects

Tracking separates students within a school into different tracks based on their skills and abilities.

The Social Reproduction of Inequality

Conflict theorists argue that the democratic mission of education has failed because it has reproduced social and economic inequalities.

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Intelligence and Inequality

Educational capital can produce or reproduce inequality and also serve as a leveling mechanism that fosters equal opportunity.

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