Looking at Stratification in Education Through a Modern Day Prism

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to investigate the perception of community members' family status and its impact on education, personal wealth, income, job opportunities, generational inequality, illiteracy, technology, free or reduced lunchprogram, and child's attendance at a high poverty school. These implications will be discussed through the theoretical perspectives of Max Weber's Theory of Stratification. A survey design was used to collect and analyze the data. Two hundred twenty two participants elected to participate in this study. The results revealed that there were statistically significant differences between community members' family status and income level. Furthermore, there were statistically significant differences between the community members' education level and their association with a friend or relative with a criminal background.