Education, social class structure, and global stratification

Learning Goal: I\’m working on a sociology test / quiz prep and need an explanation and answer to help me learn.Need help with a Sociology testTopics are: education, social class structure, and global stratificationLecture notes and study guide are provided ————————————————————————————-Study Guide: . What is each case about, court decision, reasoning for decision, and impact of each court decision:Brown v. Board of Education, 1954
Mendez v. Westminster School District, 1947
Roberto Alvarez v. Board of Trustees of the Lemon Grove School District, 1931
Mills v. Board of Education of the District of Columbia, 1972
What are the rates of educational attainment by race?High school dropout/pushout rates
College enrollment
College completion
Little Rock NineWhat is this about?
What is its significance/what does it illustrate?
Factors that cause or lead to educational inequality/How do these factors lead to educational inequality:Funding
Resources
Curriculum (what are some issues with curriculum)
Lack of racial/ethnic recognition
Tracking
Militarization of schools1033 Program
Zero tolerance policies
Jim Crow/Separate but Equal policies (Plessy v Ferguson 1896)
What is it? Goal? Consequence?“No Child Left Behind”
Connection of education and mobility?What role does social class plays in educational achievement and success?How is self-fulfilling prophecy related to education?Relationship between income, gender and education?Theories:How would each theory view education or the role education plays in society (conflict, functionalism, symbolic interactionism, feminisms)? Social Class and social Stratification: MODULE 10 & CHAPTER 9 in TextbookWhat is:Social classIncomeWealthNet worthSocial stratificationLife chancesMeritocracySocial mobilityTypes of mobilityFalse consciousnessDifferent systems of stratification Different social classes in the U.S.How are social stratification and life chances interconnected?How has the income/wealth distribution or growth changed in the U.S.?What are some of the reasons for the changes in the income distribution?
What does the class structure in the U.S. look like?
Why is it important to look at the intersections of class with other social categories such as race? What does the intersection of class and race in the U.S. look like and what are some explanations for it?What are two general ways of viewing social class and upward mobility in the U.S.? (think of meritocracy and its opposite perspective)What are the explanations for social inequality? (apply the theories) Global Stratification: MODULE 11 & CHAPTER 10 in Textbook What is:Global stratificationOutsourcingCapital FlightRelative povertyAbsolute/Extreme povertySubjective povertyCore, semi-peripheral and peripheral nationsCommodity chainBangladesh Factory Collapse in 2013—What does this example exemplify about global stratification?What has been the impact (positive and negative) of globalization and outsourcing?Global stratification and social inequality:What is the connection between global stratification and race, gender and sexuality?
What is the global feminization of poverty?What are the consequences of global stratification and poverty?Types of modern-day slavery?Know the theories of global stratification and critiques to each theory: Modernization Theory Dependency Theory World Systems TheoryTheories:How do each of the main theories we have been discussing in class (structural functionalist theory, conflict theory, and symbolic interaction theory) view global stratification?
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