Education can serve many purposes, especially for minority ethnic families, including:
A) Serving as a way to keep children out of the house and away from their families
B) Encouraging children to adopt the mainstream culture and language instead of their heritage culture
C) Teaching children about the middle-class "template" of extreme consumerism
D) Providing a means of better opportunity and improving the economic outlook for the family
Answer: D
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