 | Learning Objectives (See related pages)
1. Know the purposes of education. |
 |  |  | 2. Discuss the levels of educational attainment and the payoff of that attainment for Americans. |
 |  |  | 3. Explain how inequalities, the lack of expected payoff, and mediocrity make education a problem. |
 |  |  | 4. Understand how social institutions, the organization of education, and certain attitudes and values contribute to the problems of education. |
 |  |  | 5. Suggest some ways to deal with the problems of education. |
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