Why was compulsory education an important development in the U.S. in the 1800s?

The United States has many of the top colleges and universities and secondary schools in the world, and many of the top professors and teachers.  And, as a result, when we compare educational attainment in the United States to that in the world’s other democracies, the United States is way ahead of its international peers. 

The functionalist approach tends to argue that health and illness are social constructions.

Children usually go to schools near their homes and, if the neighborhoods they live in are all white or all African American, then the schools for these neighborhoods will also be all white or all African American, or mostly so. This type of segregation is called de jure segregation.

Thousands of immigrant children in the United States today are learning English, US history, and other subjects that help prepare them for the workforce and integrate them into American life.  Which sociological perspective applies to this statement?

Phencyclidine, commonly known as PCP, is an example of which class of drug?

Pain reduction is most associated with which type of drug?

In which kind of stretching does a person stretch to the end point of their range of motion, move smoothly back to the starting position, and then repeat the movement?

Which of the following is NOT a brand name synthetic opioid drug?

Which statement about the gut microbiome is TRUE?