Question

Social stratification and education
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Answer 1

Education plays a very important role in maintaining the stratification system and justifying the unequal distribution of wealth. Like other social systems, schools reflect stratification and sometimes can be a cause of it. The schools that children attend can have an enormous influence on their life chances.

Answer 2

Answer:

Stratification in the education system: Access to education and to educational attainments is a function of social class, economic status, gender, disability, personal preferences, education 'quality', teachers, pedagogy, peer relations, etc. schools will attract wealthier students and better teachers.

Education plays a very important role in maintaining the stratification system and justifying the unequal distribution of wealth. Like other social systems, schools reflect stratification and sometimes can be a cause of it. The schools that children attend can have an enormous influence on their life chances.