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Tried to promote democratic equality but student & city culture focused on social mobility

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Tried to promote democratic equality but student & city culture focused on social mobility

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In reality, to encourage those who are most likely to succeed to climb the economic ladder

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how the QUALITY of education is suffering

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I think the main purpose at my high school was definitely social mobility. We had a program where any test or homework grade below 50% was automatically changed to a 50%, making it much easier to pass. To me it shows that they weren't focused on making sure people were prepared but really on getting them to graduate and go to a good college

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I think the main purpose at my high school was definitely social mobility. We had a program where any test or homework grade below 50% was automatically changed to a 50%, making it much easier to pass. To me it shows that they weren't focused on making sure people were prepared but really on getting them to graduate and go to a good college

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Because of a lack of public funding, universities have to rely on private funding that can only be used for specific purposes 

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Because of a lack of public funding, universities have to rely on private funding that can only be used for specific purposes 

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The stratification element of social mobility was really emphasized at my high school – " “stratified structure of opportunities within each institution” --> made sure we would end up at private, higher academic institutions

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The privatization of the public higher education is what is essentially sending these systems into the ground.

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There are fewer classes with large waitlists due to state budget cuts

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The main purpose of my high school was to push kids through the public school system. If anything it favored social mobility but I'm really not sure the school I went to had a focus like that.

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The main purpose of my high school was to push kids through the public school system. If anything it favored social mobility but I'm really not sure the school I went to had a focus like that.

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The main purpose of education at my high school was to prepare students for higher education - whether that be community college or a 4-year university. My high school was centered between democratic equality and social efficiency.

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shocking how so many states switched to student-funded higher education; I wasn't expecting almost every state to do so

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shocking how so many states switched to student-funded higher education; I wasn't expecting almost every state to do so

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all our state funding is being poured into prisons. How schooling is dead/in the past and prisons are the future

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Many college students are in debt

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The main focus of my high school appeared to be Social Efficiency. Opportunities to get an upper leg in higher education were almost completely optional whereas shop classes such a metal,auto, and wood shop classes had a large emphasis placed on their importance

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Aspects of education to consider

do we offer education or do we ensure education?

do we teach basic skills or do we offer students the ability to develop advanced skills

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tied to promote all three but failed due to lack of resources

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“School it seems occupies an awkward position at an intersection at what we hope society will become and what we think it really is, political ideals and economic realities”

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prisoners are more important than the students

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prisoners are more important than the students

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2004 Compact on Higher Education represents the shift that we should not have state funded education but primary source of funding should come from the individual

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almost every single state decreased spending per student

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almost every single state decreased spending per student

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authors said "there are some people who might think these [budget] cuts are overdue". Why? 

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authors said "there are some people who might think these [budget] cuts are overdue". Why? 

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a public good becoming privatized essentially devalues education + ostracizes minorities

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38 states had cut their higher-ed budgets over the past 5 years

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38 states had cut their higher-ed budgets over the past 5 years

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California is poorly rated in education amongst the US because taxpayers resist paying taxes to public education.

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California is poorly rated in education amongst the US because taxpayers resist paying taxes to public education.

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not only the quality of education but also the quality of the schools as a whole, like the infrastructure and buildings of the school itself

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My high school's main purpose was social mobility. All of the AP courses had a major emphasis on preparing us for college. I feel like it was for my benefit.

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I would say the main purpose of education at my high school was to ensure democratic equality but had a greater empahsis on social efficiency.

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I would say the main purpose of education at my high school was to ensure democratic equality but had a greater empahsis on social efficiency.

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lecturers and other faculty are suffering as well as the students; especially with recent COLA strikes, focus has often been on students when faculty are also seriously affected by this

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lecturers and other faculty are suffering as well as the students; especially with recent COLA strikes, focus has often been on students when faculty are also seriously affected by this

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It was so shocking and saddening to see that most states are defunded public education, but also apparent in the impacts of quality of education.

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The main purpose of education at my high school was democratic equity. They definitely were trying to prepare us for life in College, society and for what comes after. 

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The main purpose of education at my high school was democratic equity. They definitely were trying to prepare us for life in College, society and for what comes after. 

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the goal of my schools administration, starting in elementary, was just to get kids to grades that were high enough to move onto the next level. actual learning wasn't high on anyones list of priorities

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All except two states had decreased public funding over the years. 

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All except two states had decreased public funding over the years. 

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A system that was supposed to be highly accredited has failed to prioritize its students

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Saddening and shocking that many adults without kids in school want to resist/minimize taxpaying for public education.

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I shouldn't have to be thousands in debt for so much of my life to get an education that I need to survive under capitalism

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the purpose of education at my school was to ensure that everyone got into a university or a CC and prepared us a lot with college information