PS276 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: 4 The People, Social Capital, School Violence
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Secondary education: not only is school longer today than it was in the past but adolescents remain in school for more years now than they did in previous eras. The origins of compulsory education: as productivity became more dependent on skilled workers, employers recognized that they needed employees more skilled than youngsters ordinarily were. Education in the inner cities: commentators have argued that low student achievement was concentrated mainly among poor and minority youngsters living in inner cities. Tracking: the process of separating students into different levels of classes within the same school is called ability grouping or, tracking. Strong communities generate what is called social capital interpersonal resources that, like financial capital, give richer students advantages over poorer ones: e. g. ) Students profit from social capital associated with attending a catholic school because the lessons taught in school are reinforced at home, in church, and in the neighbourhood.
