Education as the "elevator" to social mobility. they believe that education provides all students with opportunities, and they argue that students' abilities are now more important than their class, race, or gender in determining success.

Social Mobility is the movement of individuals from 1 level to another in a social system; now "Funtionalism" is the believe that social order is key to the success and welfare of society and it's achieved with collective conscience, solidarity and by working together; with education being one of the social structures providing stability to the social system.

Therefore, "Functionalist Theorists view education as the "elevator" to social mobility".

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