Question

As a process of assimilation, schooling and its focus on an 'official' curriculum--common language and the facts of a common history and geography:

Answer 1

Schooling has the function of promoting nationalism- for instance, by making all schoolchildren say the pledge of allegiance before class. It also promotes a sense of affinity between members of the same society, by grouping them together in cohorts from a young age, thus establishing them among their peers.