Education Inequities and Social Issues
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What are achievement gaps?

Disparities in the academic accomplishments of different kinds of students.

What is tracking?

The practice of placing students in different classrooms according to their perceived ability.

What is adultification?

A form of bias in which adult characteristics are attributed to children.

What is the "school-to-prison pipeline"?

<p>A practice of disciplining and punishing children and youth in school that routes them out of education and into the criminal justice system.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is institutional discrimination?

<p>Widespread and enduring practices that persistently disadvantage some kinds of people while advantaging others.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is institutional racism?

<p>A term that refers to a society's production of unjust outcomes from some racial or ethnic groups.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is residential segregation?

<p>The sorting of different types of people into separate neighborhoods.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is hypersegregation?

<p>Residential segregation so extreme that many people's daily lives involve little or no contact with people of other races.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is colorism?

<p>Prejudice against and discrimination toward people with dark skin to those with light skin.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the research question of "Jack's the privileged poor" Ted talk?

<p>How do low-income students navigate elite colleges and universities?</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is cross-institutional advantage and disadvantage?

<p>A phenomenon in which people are positively or negatively served across multiple institutions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is cumulative advantage and disadvantage?

<p>Advantage or disadvantage that builds over the life course.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is intergenerational advantage and disadvantage?

<p>Advantage and disadvantage that is passed from parents to children.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is structural violence?

<p>Institutional discrimination that injures the body and mind.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is mass incarceration?

<p>An extremely high rate of imprisonment in cross-cultural and historical perspectives.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is mass deportation?

<p>An extremely high rate of deportation in cross-cultural and historical perspectives.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the research question of the Asad Engage and Evade documentary?

<p>How do immigrant parents engage with social service institutions?</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is androcentrism?

<p>The production of unjust outcomes for people who perform femininity.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is hegemonic masculinity?

<p>The form of masculinity that constitutes the most widely admired and rewarded kind of person in any given culture.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are subordinate masculinities?

<p>Men who are seen as lesser based on the androcentric logic that masculine is better than feminine.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are marginalized masculinities?

<p>Men are perceived to be sufficiently masculine but are considered lesser by virtue of another social identity.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the argument of Armstrong and Hamilton's Paying for the Party?

<p>Men over women, frats have parties and control parties, alcohol, and who gets in.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the second shift?

<p>The unpaid work of housekeeping and childcare that faces family members once they return home from their paid jobs.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a time-use diary?

<p>A research method in which participants are asked to self-report their activities at regular intervals over at least twenty-four hours.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the ideal worker norm?

<p>The idea that an employee should devote themselves to their jobs wholly and without the distraction of family responsibilities.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a shared division of labor?

<p>An arrangement in which both partners do an equal share of paid and unpaid work.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a specialized division of labor?

<p>An arrangement in which one partner does more paid work than childcare and housework, and the other does the inverse.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the ideology of intensive motherhood?

<p>The idea that children require concentrated maternal investment.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the feminization of poverty?

<p>A concentration of women, trans women, and gay, bisexual, and gender-nonconforming men at the bottom of the income scale and a concentration of gender-conforming, heterosexual, cisgender men at the top.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the glass escalator?

<p>An invisible ride to the top offered to men in female-dominated occupations.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the androcentric pay scale?

<p>A positive correlation between the number of men in an occupation relative to women and the wages paid to employees.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is care work?

<p>Work that involves face-to-face caretaking of the physical, emotional, and educational needs of others.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is male flight?

<p>A phenomenon in which men start abandoning an activity when women start adopting it.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is patriarch/property marriage?

<p>A model of marriage in which women and children are owned by men.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is breadwinner/homemaker marriage?

<p>A model of marriage that involves a wage-earning spouse supporting a stay-at-home spouse and children.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a family wage?

<p>An income, paid to a man, that is large enough to support a non-working wife and children.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the ideology of separate spheres?

<p>The idea that the home is a feminine space best tended by women and work is a masculine space best suited to men.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is heteronormative?

<p>Promoting heterosexuality as the only or preferred sexual identity, making other sexual desires invisible or casting them as inferior.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is pro-natal?

<p>Promoting childbearing and stigmatizing choosing to go child-free.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are partnership unions?

<p>A relationship model based on love and companionship between equals.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the argument of Collin's Making Motherhood Work?

<p>Moms face both normative and material sources of work-family conflict.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the power elite?

<p>A relatively small group of interconnected people who occupy top positions in important social institutions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is pluralist theory of power?

<p>The idea that U.S. politics is characterized by competing groups that work together to achieve their goals.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is elite theory of power?

<p>The idea that a small group of networked individuals controls the most powerful positions in our social institutions</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is social capital?

<p>The number of people we know and the resources they can offer us.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is social closure?

<p>A process by which advantaged groups preserve opportunities for themselves while restricting them for others.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is cultural capital?

<p>Symbolic resources that communicate one's social status.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is fit?

<p>The feeling that our particular mix of cultural capital matches our social context.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is ethnography?

<p>A research method that involves careful observation of naturally occurring social interaction, often as a participant.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are field notes?

<p>Descriptive accounts of what occurred in the field, alongside tentative sociological observations.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is insurgent consciousness?

<p>A recognition of a shared grievance that can be addressed through collective action.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the argument of Lauren Rivera's "How Elite Students Get Elite Jobs"?

<p>Cultural fit.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is collective action?

<p>The coordinated activities of members of groups with shared goals.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a social movement?

<p>Persistent, organized collective action meant to promote or oppose social change.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is interdependent power?

<p>The power of noncooperation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the repertoire of contention?

<p>Shared activities widely recognized as expressions of dissatisfaction with social conditions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the social construction of social problems?

<p>The process of coming to see a personal struggle as an issue of public concern.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a collective action problem?

<p>The challenge of getting large groups of people to act in coordinated ways.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the argument of Aldon Morris's From Civil Rights to Black Lives Matter?

<p>Movements succeed through grassroots organization, internal community resources, and strategic disruption.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is organizational strength?

<p>A combination of strong leadership, human and material resources, social networks, and physical infrastructure.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are political networks?

<p>Webs of ties that link people with similar political goals.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a frame?

<p>A succinct claim as to the nature of a social fact.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are countermovements?

<p>Persistent, organized collective action meant to resist social movements.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are counter frames?

<p>Frames meant to challenge an existing social movement's frame.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are framing wars?

<p>Battles over whether a social fact is a social problem and what kind of problem it is.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a political opportunity structure?

<p>The strengths and weaknesses in the existing political system that shape the options available to social movement actors.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a critical event?

<p>A sudden and dramatic occurrence that motivates nonactivists to become politically active.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is an economic opportunity structure?

<p>The role of money in enabling or limiting a movement's operations and influence.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is interest convergence?

<p>The alignment of the interests of activists and elites.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the argument of Reynolds's "Repurposing Title IX"?

<p>Collaboration between students and lawyers redefined Title IX to include sexual harassment as sex discrimination.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is globalization?

<p>The social processes that are expanding and intensifying connections across nation-states.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are transnational organizations?

<p>Organizations that operate in more than one country.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the nation-state system?

<p>A world society consisting only of sovereign, self-contained territories.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the world system?

<p>A global capital market....</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is an echo chamber?

<p>In with people who share opinion's with you that circulate some argument and opinions that can spread misinformation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is network analysis?

<p>The study of how individuals are connected to other individuals and the consequences of those connections.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is ideological homophily?

<p>Birds of a feather.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the argument of Burawoy's Contradictions, Dilemmas, and Possibilities?

<p>The shape of the relationship among policy actors has distorted the message of consensus science.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Study Notes

Achievement Gaps

  • Disparities in academic progress among different student groups.

Tracking

  • Placing students in different classes based on perceived ability.

Adultification

  • Attributing adult characteristics to children.

School-to-Prison Pipeline

  • Disciplinary practices leading students into the criminal justice system.

Institutional Discrimination

  • Widespread practices disadvantage some groups, advantage others.

Institutional Racism

  • Societal practices creating unjust outcomes for racial groups.

Residential Segregation

  • Separating different population groups into specific neighborhoods.
    • Example: Chicago neighborhoods.

Hypersegregation

  • Extreme residential separation limiting contact between different racial groups.

Colorism

  • Bias or discrimination based on skin tone (dark to light).

Jack's the Privileged Poor Ted Talk

  • Research Question: How low-income students navigate elite colleges.
  • Method: Ethnography and interviews.
  • Argument: Access ≠ Inclusion; low-income students face challenges in elite colleges.

Cross-Institutional Advantage/Disadvantage

  • Positive or negative outcomes across different institutions.
    • Example: A criminal record affecting job prospects.

Cumulative Advantage/Disadvantage

  • Advantages or disadvantages accumulate over a lifetime.
    • Example: Student debt impacting future wealth.

Intergenerational Advantage/Disadvantage

  • Advantages or disadvantages passed from parents to children.
    • Example: Wealthy family background impacting future opportunities.

Structural Violence

  • Institutional discrimination harming individuals.

Mass Incarceration

  • Extremely high rates of imprisonment.

Mass Deportation

  • Extremely high rates of deportation.

Asad Engage and Evade Documentary

  • Research Question: How immigrant parents interact with social service institutions.
  • Method: Interviews.
  • Argument: Challenges faced by immigrant families accessing social services.

Sexism

  • Unjust outcomes based on perceived biological sex (female).
    • Example: Undervalued labor traditionally done by women.

Androcentrism

  • Unjust outcomes based on performance of femininity.
    • Example: Unpaid work traditionally assigned to women.

Hegemonic Masculinity

  • The most admired and rewarded form of masculinity.

Subordinate Masculinities

  • Forms of masculinity considered inferior compared to hegemonic masculinity.

Marginalized Masculinities

  • Forms of masculinity considered inferior due to other social identities.

Armstrong and Hamilton's Paying for the Party

  • Research Question: Impacts of peer culture, women's experiences in parties.
  • Method: Interviews & ethnography.
  • Argument: Male-dominated party culture, limited opportunities for women.

Second Shift

  • Unpaid housework and childcare after paid work.

Time-Use Diary

  • Research method where participants record activities over 24 hours.

Ideal Worker Norm

  • Expectation of complete job devotion without family responsibilities.

Shared Division of Labor

  • Equal distribution of paid and unpaid work between partners.

Specialized Division of Labor

  • Unequal distribution of paid and unpaid work between partners.

Ideology of Intensive Motherhood

  • Belief that children require intensive maternal investment.

Feminization of Poverty

  • Concentration of women at the bottom of the income scale.

Glass Escalator

  • Men rapidly promoted in female-dominated professions.

Job Segregation

  • Separation of individuals into specific occupations based on social identity.

Androcentric Pay Scale

  • Correlation between male representation and higher wages in an occupation.

Care Work

  • Face-to-face caretaking of others' needs.

Male Flight

  • Men abandoning an activity as women adopt it.

Patriarch/Property Marriage

  • Model where women and children are considered the property of men.

Breadwinner/Homemaker Marriage

  • Model with one spouse earning while another stays home.

Family Wage

  • Income sufficient to support a non-working wife and children.

Ideology of Separate Spheres

  • Belief that home belongs to women and work to men.

Heteronormativity

  • Promotion of heterosexuality as the only acceptable sexual identity.

Mononormativity

  • Promoting monogamy as the only preferred relationship structure.

Pro-natal

  • Promoting childbearing and stigmatizing child-free choices.

Partnership Unions

  • Relationship model emphasizing love and equality.

Collin's Making Motherhood Work

  • Research Question: Sources of American mothers' work-family conflict.
  • Method: Interviews.
  • Argument: Conflict arises from norms & material circumstances.

Power Elite

  • Small interconnected group holding top positions in institutions.

Pluralist Theory of Power

  • U.S. politics characterized by competing groups working together.

Elite Theory of Power

  • Small, networked group controlling powerful positions.

Social Capital

  • Resources gained from relationships and networks.

Social Closure

  • Advantaged groups restricting opportunities for others.

Cultural Capital

  • Symbolic resources communicating social status
    • Objectified: Possessions representing one's status
    • Institutional: Endorsements from institutions
    • Embodied: Symbolic significance of one's appearance, knowledge, skills.

Fit

  • Feeling of compatibility between one's cultural capital and social context.

Ethnography

  • Research method involving observation and participation in social settings.

Field

  • Location or places where ethnographers conduct research.

Field Notes

  • Descriptive accounts of observed social interactions.

Insurgent Consciousness

  • Recognition of shared grievance for collective action.

Lauren Rivera How Elite Students Get Elite Jobs

  • Research Question: How employers evaluate candidates.
  • Method: Interviews.
  • Argument: Cultural fit is highly valued.

Social Change

  • Shifts in shared beliefs, interactions, and institutions.

Collective Action

  • Coordinated activities of a group toward a shared goal.

Social Movement

  • Organized collective action for social change.

Interdependent Power

  • Power derived from non-cooperation.

Repertoire of Contention

  • Common activities representing dissatisfaction.

Social Construction of Social Problems

  • Process of defining personal struggles as public issues.
    • Steps: defining harm, seeking institutional solutions.

Insurgent Consciousness

  • Recognition of shared grievance that can be addressed through collective action.

Collective Action Problem

  • Difficulty coordinating large groups for collective action.

Aldon Morris From Civil Rights to Black Lives Matter

  • Research Question: How movements challenge systemic oppression?
  • Method: Interviews.
  • Argument: Successful movements use grassroots organizing, internal resources, strategic disruption.

Organizational Strength

  • Strong leadership, resources, networks, and infrastructure of movement.

Political Networks

  • Connections between individuals with similar political goals.

Standing

  • Authority to speak credibly on a topic.

Frame

  • Concise claim about a social fact, e.g., "Black Lives Matter."

Countermovements

  • Organized efforts opposing social movements.

Counterframes

  • Frames challenging the frames of existing movements, e.g., "All Lives Matter."

Framing Wars

  • Battles over whether a social fact is a problem and what kind.

Political Opportunity Structure

  • Strengths/weaknesses of the political system affecting social movements.

Cultural Opportunity Structure

  • Cultural ideas/practices enabling or limiting activist strategies.

Critical Event

  • Sudden events inspiring political activity, e.g., George Floyd's death.

Economic Opportunity Structure

  • Role of money in enabling or limiting a movement.

Interest Convergence

  • Alignment of activists' and elite interests.

Reynolds Repurposing Title IX

  • Research Question: How sexual harassment became categorized as sex discrimination under Title IX?
  • Method: Interviews & comparative history.
  • Argument: Collaboration between students and lawyers changed Title IX.

Globalization

  • Intensifying connections between nation-states.

Transnational Organizations

  • Organizations operating across multiple countries.

Colonialism

  • Countries claiming control of territories and exploiting them.

Nation-State System

  • World society consisting of sovereign territories.

World System

  • Global capital market.

Echo Chamber

  • Reinforcement of existing views within a group.

Network Analysis

  • Studying connections among individuals and their consequences.

Ideological Homophily

  • Tendency to associate with similar individuals.

Burawoy Contradictions, Dilemmas, and Possibilities

  • Research Question: Why policy actors deny human activity as a climate cause?
  • Method: Surveys & network analysis.
  • Argument: Policy actor relationships distort scientific consensus.

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