Describe the modern education system in the United States, while also demonstrating an understanding of its historical roots.
Identify manifest and latent functions of educational institutions.
Explain the relationships between education, income, employment, and occupation, and how these relationships reflect cultural norms and structural factors in the United States.
Theorize about why educational inequality persist, particularly by race and class, using conflict-oriented and sociohistorical perspectives.
Discuss the history of racial school segregation in the United States and theorize about why it persists and even worsened.
Identify major trends in education, such as high-school and college drop-out rates and student loan debt.
