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"Many educators place their students at specific SES levels on the basis of observations about
their families, the way students dress, the language or dialect they use, and their eligibility for
free or reduced-price lunch(59)".

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"Families’ SES is usually readily observable in the size of their home and the part of town in which they live, the schools the children attend, and the clubs to which the parents belong(59)".

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A persons SES is one of the strongest factors in determining how a person lives.

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Most perople soical and occupationally identifty in the middle class.

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Euorpean Americans (primaringly Christian men) are over represented in the highests class.

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Class is divided based on income&occupation. "People of color and women who head families are more likely
then other groups to be unemployed and homeless(82)".

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"People of color, women, the young, the elderly, and individuals with disabilities are disproportionately represented at the low end of the social stratification system(82)".

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"Some researchers suggest that higher per-pupil expenditures,
better teacher salaries, more educated and experienced teachers, and smaller class and school sizes are strongly related to improved student learning[...]Among the recommendations from researchers
and educators are smaller class sizes, prekindergarten programs for four-year-olds, tutoring for
students having difficulty, cooperative learning, family support systems, more qualified teachers,
and extensive staff and teacher development for delivery of effective programs (82)".

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Pro
-Eliminates discrimination against students from low-income families and students of color
Against
-Makes it more difficult for teachers to provide
appropriate instruction for all students, whose abilities
differ greatly

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Pygmalion effect (teacher expectations influence students performacnce)
-Positiive expectation=positivie performance
-Negative expectation=negtative performance

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The social standing of an individual or group based upon education, income, and occupation. (WEALTH & POWER)

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Both
-influence our personal lives

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“Class is a system that differentially structures group access to economic, political, cultural,and social resources” (Andersen & Collins, 2013, p. 71).

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Referenced: Gollnick, D., & Chinn, P.C. (2017).

Multicultural education in a pluralistic society.

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"Equality in student achievement could be increased by raising the level of instructional content and instructional discourse in all courses at all levels[...] In a classroom in which democracy and equity are
important, low-income students should receive priority time from teachers and have access
to the necessary resources to help them become academically competitive with middle-class
students ( 81-82)".