Choosing Predominantly Black Magnet Schools: The Importance of School Racial Composition in Parental Decision-Making

Autor/inn/en	Rowley, Kristie J.; McNeill, Shelby M.
Titel	Choosing Predominantly Black Magnet Schools: The Importance of School Racial Composition in Parental Decision-Making
Quelle	In: Journal of School Choice, 15 (2021) 4, S.603-623 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (McNeill, Shelby M.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1558-2159
DOI	10.1080/15582159.2020.1863136
Schlagwörter	Magnet Schools; Racial Composition; African American Students; School Choice; Parents; Decision Making; Racial Differences; Whites; African Americans; Educational Quality; High Achievement; Educational Environment; Racial Discrimination; Racial Bias; Student Characteristics; Family Characteristics; Institutional Characteristics + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? African Americans; Student; Students; Afroamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Choice of school; Schulwahl; Eltern; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Rassenunterschied; White; Weißer; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Racial bias; Rassismus; Racial discrimination
Abstract	Does school racial composition influence where parents choose to send their children to school? This paper contributes to the literature on school racial composition and parental choice by examining the reasons parents give for enrolling their children in predominantly Black magnet schools. We use data from a survey of parental school decision-making that was administered in one countywide, Southeastern school district in the 2002-03 school year. The survey data was collected a few years after the district's release from its court desegregation order as Black students comprised an increasing share of magnet school enrollments. As such, we are able to assess parental decision-making at a critical time point in which school racial composition may have been an especially prevalent factor in where parents were choosing to enroll their children. We find that parents of White children only mentioned school academic quality in their discussions of magnet school choice. In contrast, parents of Black children mentioned that the joint combination of academic quality and racial composition of magnet schools was important in their school selection process. Specifically, Black parents expressed that the predominantly Black and high-achieving school environment of magnet schools provided their child with the opportunity to succeed academically among students of a similar racial background while experiencing less race-based discrimination and comparisons. (As Provided).
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