Education and Inequality

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

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

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

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

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