What Is a Reason Why Many Sociologists Argued That Kozol's

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Multiple Choice

What is a reason why many sociologists argued that Kozol's book Fire in the Ashes provides an inaccurate and incomplete view of educational inequality?

• A) Schools are not integral to the functioning of society and are therefore not worthy of empirical study.
• B) Young students cannot be trusted as respondents for sociological studies.
• C) Poor students are likely to lie about their educational experiences to fit into normative constructions of what it means to be educated.
• D) He had no systematic way in which he chose the schools he studied,which allowed for selection bias.

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