Arrange the following functions of education in the order of their impact on societal stability, starting from the most direct to the more indirect: A) Credentialing individuals for the workforce, B) Socialization into a workforce schedule, C) Creating new knowledge, D) Providing childcare.

The most direct impact on stability is credentialing (A); it gives people the qualifications needed to fill jobs and keeps the economy running. Next is socialization into a workforce schedule (B); it trains people to work at set times, which keeps businesses organized. After that comes providing childcare (D); it allows parents to work, but its effect is more indirect because it supports parents rather than the economy itself. The least direct but still important is creating new knowledge (C); it expands future possibilities but does not immediately stabilize society. For example, a high school that issues diplomas (A) lets students enter jobs, while the same school teaches routines (B) and offers after‑school care (D), and its science lab (C) eventually produces new inventions.