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Education System In America

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School has been around for as long as mankind has existed. Whether it is taught by your family and passed down from generation to generation or a highly structured system with specially trained teachers, school has affected our society in all aspects. However, the education system in America has changed and adapted throughout the years to the ascending capabilities of its students. Consequently, having both negative and positive influences to those involved. In 1969, the first procedure to measure how students were exceling across the United States was implemented, called the National Assessment of Education Progress or the “Nation’s Report Card” (Cross, 2015). This allowed standards to be placed nationwide eventually leading to more standardized …show more content…

In 2003, only 18.9% of graduates took advanced placement courses, with 12.2% passing the exam with a three or higher (College Board, 2014). Ten years later, that number rose to 33.2% with 20.1% passing the exam (College Board, 2014). Although that number rose, there were still over 300,000 students not taking AP classes while concurrently being educationally ready or not having access to AP classes because of the availability at their school (College Board, 2014). As time progressed, the education system did as well, and the numbers show it. 1.1 million students in the class of 2016 took an AP class (College Board, 2017). With that many students taking AP classes, the competition rose, causing a rise in rigor. More AP courses are being taken, once again raising the standard for college applications. According to Yale University’s website, they look for students who take “rigorous” classes (2018). College’s rising standards are pushing more students to take AP classes, but for some groups of people, those who are impoverished and part of minorities, that can be more …show more content…

Lacy, personal communication, 2017). In sociology, there are four agents of socialization (D. Lacy, personal communication, 2017). These agents of socialization are the people, groups, or institutions that teach us what we need to know in order to participate in society (D. Lacy, personal communication, 2017). School and peer groups are two of the four, leaving family and mass media (D. Lacy, personal communication, 2017). Schools teach specific knowledge and skills and have a large impact on a child’s self-image, beliefs, and values (D. Lacy, personal communication, 2017). Within the school agent of socialization, is the functionalist perspective (D. Lacy, personal communication, 2017). This perspective declares that schools socialize students to be productive members of society, transmits culture between peers, helps learn social control, and allows personal development (D. Lacy, personal communication, 2017). School doesn’t just teach the basic subjects: math, english, or science. It has a “hidden curriculum” (D. Lacy, personal communication, 2017). Hidden curriculum is moral and social lessons than textbook thoughts. It is where students learn to be neat, on time, wait their turn, to be quiet, and to remain attentive to work (D. Lacy, personal communication,

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