Looking at the operation of U.S.schools,the social-conflict approach might lead a sociologist to conclude that
A)the function of schools is to teach needed skills.
B)the meaning of schooling varies from child to child.
C)schools have been a major path to social advancement.
D)tracking provides some students with far better schooling than others.

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The social-conflict approach views society as being divided by social inequality and power differentials. Therefore, a sociologist using this approach would likely view tracking, or the practice of assigning students to different levels of classes based on ability or perceived ability, as a way in which schools perpetuate and reinforce social inequality. This would lead to the conclusion that certain students receive far better schooling than others, based on their social status, rather than their actual ability or potential.

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