Benito has always thought that he was pretty good at math. H…
Benito has always thought that he was pretty good at math. He worked through problems quickly and genuinely like learning new things, but then his teacher put him in the Yellow Group. His friend is in the Green Group, and they are using worksheets to learn concepts that are not in the textbook. Now Benito doubts his math skills. What does this example illustrate about tracking students?
Read DetailsBy attending school, young adults are kept out of the workfo…
By attending school, young adults are kept out of the workforce for most of their teen years. For some, this delay is one of the latent functions of school. What is the BEST counterargument to the idea that one of a school’s latent functions is to keep young people out of the workforce?
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