傳統上，教育被認為社會流動的最佳渠道，它幫助學生發展其作為個人和人類所應擁有的認知、生理、情感、批判和審美的能力，以實現社會平等。然而，事實是教育並未替人類社會帶來更幸福、更完善、更公平正義的境界，它反而助長社會的不公平、不正義，易言之，現有的教育體制讓「貧窮世襲」的現象不斷地發生。本文嘗試從新馬克思主義觀點來檢視當代教育，並且反省作為教育者應如何回應教育異化的現象。

Traditionally, education is considered the best channel of social mobility, which helps students to develop as individuals and humanity should have criticism of the cognitive, physical, emotional, and aesthetic ability to achieve social equality. However, the fact is that education do not make the human society happier, better, more Justice. Instead, it encourages social unfairness and injustice. In other words, the existing education system makes " poverty hereditary" phenomenon continued to occur. This article surveys contemporary education from point of view of neo-Marxist, and reflects on how to respond to the phenomenon of educational alienation as an educator.