Social reproduction

== In education ==

== In education ==

Social reproduction, when co-opted with [[cultural reproduction]], allows for [[sociology of education]] to assume its role.{{Cite book|title = Culture: Critical Concepts in Sociology, Volume 3|last = Jenks|first = Chris|publisher = Taylor & Francis|year = 2003|isbn = 0-415-22693-7|pages = 63}} Education is an attempt at [[Level playing field|leveling the playing field]] by allowing those in [[Social class|poorer classes]] opportunities at [[Social mobility|upward mobility]]. However, it fails in many critical ways; for example, education is costly: better schools mean better equipment, better books, and better teachers, all of which remain beyond the pay grade of the [[poverty line]]. Thus, [[higher education]] becomes exclusive to higher classes, leaving people of lower classes with much less to work with, as well as fewer opportunities.{{Cite web|url=https://www.khanacademy.org/test-prep/mcat/social-inequality/social-class/v/social-reproduction|title=Social reproduction|website=Khan Academy|access-date=2016-03-09}}

Social reproduction, when co-opted with [[cultural reproduction]], allows for [[sociology of education]] to assume its role.{{Cite book|title = Culture: Critical Concepts in Sociology, Volume 3|last = Jenks|first = Chris|publisher = Taylor & Francis|year = 2003|isbn = 0-415-22693-7|pages = 63}} Education is an attempt at [[Level playing field|leveling the playing field]] by allowing those in [[Social class|poorer classes]] opportunities at [[Social mobility|upward mobility]]. However, it fails in many critical ways; for example, education is costly{{Cite journal |last=Robert B. Archibald |last2=David H. Feldman |date=2008 |title=Explaining Increases in Higher Education Costs |url=http://muse.jhu.edu/content/crossref/journals/journal_of_higher_education/v079/79.3.archibald.html |journal=The Journal of Higher Education |language=en |volume=79 |issue=3 |pages=268–295 |doi=10.1353/jhe.0.0004 |issn=1538-4640}}: better schools mean better equipment, better books, and better teachers, all of which remain beyond the pay grade of the [[poverty line]]. Thus, [[higher education]] becomes exclusive to higher classes, leaving people of lower classes with much less to work with, as well as fewer opportunities.{{Cite web|url=https://www.khanacademy.org/test-prep/mcat/social-inequality/social-class/v/social-reproduction|title=Social reproduction|website=Khan Academy|access-date=2016-03-09}}

The education system in many [[High income countries|high-income countries]] polarizes individuals from a young age. It creates [[elite]]s who care little for those in the classes beneath them and believe that they should earn extraordinarily more than everyone else, all the while defining people by their jobs, concluding that those with low-paid jobs for that reason live in relative [[poverty]]. The system strives to maintain the status quo so children can be greatly denigrated. As the rich take in an increasing amount of the country's wealth, there is less and less for the general populace, resulting in poorer education.{{Cite book|title=Inequality and the 1%|last=Dorling|first=Danny|publisher=Verso|year=2014}}

The education system in many [[High income countries|high-income countries]] polarizes individuals from a young age. It creates [[elite]]s who care little for those in the classes beneath them and believe that they should earn extraordinarily more than everyone else, all the while defining people by their jobs, concluding that those with low-paid jobs for that reason live in relative [[poverty]]. The system strives to maintain the status quo so children can be greatly denigrated. As the rich take in an increasing amount of the country's wealth, there is less and less for the general populace, resulting in poorer education.{{Cite book|title=Inequality and the 1%|last=Dorling|first=Danny|publisher=Verso|year=2014}}