IS EDUCATION A SOLUTION FOR SOCIAL MOBILITY AND INEQUALITY? BY: ANISSA MARTINEZ Social Mobility and Education

Is Education a solution for Social Mobility? While education has a distinct role in predicting a person’s life chances it is not a solution for the lack of Social Mobility. Education can improve ones quality of life and that of their children but not to the extent of moving up in the social class rankings.

Factors

There are 3 main factors that contribute to a persons Social Mobility  Family Background  Education  And other- Influences unknown or unmeasured luck

Is education a solution for inequality? NO, the inequalities in American can not be fixed with education alone. Economic success depends on a variety of things that can not be measured, luck and competence, because this can no be equalized there is inequality.  Also things such as poverty can not be eliminated

Is education a solution for inequality? “Instead of trying to reduce people’s capacity to gain a competitive advantage on one another we would have to change the rules of the game as to reduce rewards of competitive success and the cost of failure” (Textbook Pg. 148)  Taxes?  Free education?

What does this mean? Education alone is not the solution to the lack of social mobility or inequality. Education does play a role in both areas and in no way should education be eliminated but it must be equally accessible ALONG with other solutions.

Questions? Do you believe that Education influences and/or dictates social mobility more within social classes than between them? What other factors do you believe to be the solution to the lack of social mobility and inequality? Questions?