Define the term meritocracy. Discuss two findings of the Coleman Report, which was conducted in 1960s. What does the Coleman Report suggest about meritocracy in the American educational system?
What will be an ideal response?
but should include a definition of meritocracy as a system based on a dominant ideology involving the belief that all people have an equal chance of succeeding economically based on their hard work and skills. In a meritocracy, people’s social origins and characteristics such as class, race, and gender need to be unrelated to their opportunity to move up in the system. The Coleman Report findings, however, show that there are differences in student learning that reflect inequalities in school quality and that this quality is not related to school funding or resources. Student achievement was most related to teacher quality and family background, including racial composition of the students attending the school. Family background was the most important predictor. This shows that American schools are not a meritocracy.
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