Question

__________ theorists stress that schools are agencies for perpetuating social inequality because parents with limited income are not able to provide the same educational opportunities for their children as are families with greater financial resources.

Answer 1

Answer:

Conflict is the correct answer.

Explanation:

• Karl Marx is the father of conflict theory.

• Conflict theory states that the stress, conflicts, and competition arise when the power, resources are not evenly distributed in society.

• Conflict theory deals with the competition in social life and looks into the distribution of inequality, status, and resources.
• Thus Conflict theorists look into society as the area of inequality that causes social disputes.

Answer 2

Answer:

Conflict Theorists

Explanation:

Conflict theory was presented by Karl Marx, he said that the society is always in a state of perpetual conflict due to limited resources and that the social order is maintained by power and domination.

According to this theory people with power and wealth try  to hold on to it by every possible means.  

So the conflict theorists do not believe that public schools can reduce the social inequality, but they  believe that the educational system perpetuates and reinforces the social inequalities caused due to differences in race, gender, ethnicity and class.