Education
The transmission of society's norms, values, and knowledge base by means of direct instruction.
Formal education
Education that occurs within academic institutions such as schools.
Mass education
The extension of formal schooling to wide segments of the population.
Literacy
The ability to read and write at a basic level.
Public education
A universal education system provided by the government and funded by tax revenues rather than student fees.
Credential society
One in which access to desirable work and social status depends on the possession of a certificate or diploma certifying the completion of formal education.
School segregation
The education of racial minorities in schools that are separated from those attended by Whites.
De facto segregation
School segregation based on residential patterns or student choice, which persists even though legal segregation is now outlawed in the United States.
Word Poverty
The impoverished language environments in which some children grow up.
employment prospects
There is a strong demonstrable relationship between educational attainment and _____________________
moral education
Functionalist theorists argue that mass education provides a "____________