16.5: Key Terms

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    Glossary Entries
    Word(s) Definition Image Caption Link Source
    credentialism the emphasis on certificates or degrees to show that a person has a certain skill, has attained a certain level of education, or has met certain job qualifications        
    cultural capital cultural knowledge that serves (metaphorically) as currency to help one navigate a culture        
    cultural transmission the way people come to learn the values, beliefs, and social norms of their culture        
    education a social institution through which a society’s children are taught basic academic knowledge, learning skills, and cultural norms        
    formal education the learning of academic facts and concepts        
    grade inflation the idea that the achievement level associated with an A today is notably lower than the achievement level associated with A-level work a few decades ago        
    Head Start program a federal program that provides academically focused preschool to students of low socioeconomic status        
    hidden curriculum the type of nonacademic knowledge that people learn through informal learning and cultural transmission        
    informal education education that involves learning about cultural values, norms, and expected behaviors through participation in a society        
    No Child Left Behind Act an act that requires states to test students in prescribed grades, with the results of those tests determining eligibility to receive federal funding        
    social placement the use of education to improve one’s social standing        
    sorting classifying students based on academic merit or potential        
    tracking a formalized sorting system that places students on “tracks” (advanced, low achievers) that perpetuate inequalities        
    universal access the equal ability of all people to participate in an education system        

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