1. Sociological Perspectives
1.1. Theoretical Perspectives
1.1.1. Functionalism
1.1.2. Conflict Theory
1.1.3. Interactionalism
1.2. Effects of Schooling
1.2.1. Knowledge and Attitudes
1.2.2. Employment
1.2.3. Teacher Behavior
1.2.4. Student Peer Groups and Alienation
1.2.5. Gender
2. Schools as Organizations
2.1. District 4 Walker County, AL
2.1.1. State Senator
2.1.2. House of Representatives
2.1.3. State Superintendent
2.1.4. Representative on State School Board
2.1.5. Local Superintendent
2.1.6. Local School Board
2.1.7. Local School Board Member
2.2. Elements of Change
2.2.1. Conflict
2.2.2. New Behaviors
2.2.3. Team Building
2.2.4. Process & Content
3. Curriculum and Pedagogy
3.1. Developmentalist Curriculum
3.2. Two Dominant Traditions
3.2.1. Mimetic Tradition
3.2.2. Transformative Tradition
4. Equality of Opportunity
4.1. Educational Outcomes
4.1.1. Class
4.1.2. Race
4.1.3. Gender
4.2. Coleman Study 1982
4.2.1. Response 1
4.2.2. Response 2
5. History of U.S. Education
5.1. Influential reform movement
5.2. Historical interpretation
6. Philosophy of Education
6.1. Pragmatism
6.1.1. Key Researchers
6.1.2. Generic Notions
6.1.3. Goal of Education
6.1.4. Role of the Teacher
6.1.5. Methods of Instruction
6.1.6. Curriculum
7. Educational Inequality
7.1. Cultural Deprivation Theory
7.1.1. Deprived Culture
7.1.2. Lack of Resources
7.2. School-Centered Explanations
7.2.1. School Financing
7.2.2. Effective School Research
7.2.3. Gender and Schooling
7.2.4. Within-School Differences
8. Educational Reform
8.1. School-Based Reforms
8.1.1. School-Business Partnerships
8.1.2. Teacher Quality
8.2. Societal, Economic, Community, or Political Reform
8.2.1. School Finance Reforms
8.2.2. Full Service and Community Schools
9. Politics of Education
9.1. Purposes
9.1.1. Intellectual
9.1.2. Political
9.1.3. Social
9.1.4. Economic
9.2. Perspectives
9.2.1. Role of the school
9.2.2. Unequal performance
9.2.3. Education problems