Understanding School Choice: Location as a Determinant of Charter School Racial, Economic, and Linguistic Segregation

Autor/in	Jacobs, Nicholas
Titel	Understanding School Choice: Location as a Determinant of Charter School Racial, Economic, and Linguistic Segregation
Quelle	In: Education and Urban Society, 45 (2013) 4, S.459-482 (24 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-1245
DOI	10.1177/0013124511413388
Schlagwörter	School Choice; Urban Schools; Charter Schools; Geographic Location; Racial Segregation; School Segregation; Socioeconomic Status; Limited English Speaking; Parents; Decision Making; Enrollment Trends; Hypothesis Testing; Proximity; White Students; African American Students; Hispanic American Students; Academic Achievement; District of Columbia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Choice of school; Schulwahl; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Charter school; Charter-Schule; Rassentrennung; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Eltern; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Hypothesenprüfung; Hypothesentest; Lebensnähe; African Americans; Student; Students; Afroamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Hispanic; Hispanic Americans; Hispanoamerikaner; Schulleistung
Abstract	The author analyzes the revealed school preferences of parents in the Washington, D.C., and asks, "What is the main determinant of charter school choice and how does it create racial, economic, and linguistic segregation?" The author first establishes a theory of choice, which incorporates past research and adds an additional variable to our understanding of school selection--school location. Through a multivariable regression, the author tests the new proximity variable against other possible determinants and finds that parental preference for neighborhood schools significantly correlates with racial segregation. The results indicate that school-choice markets, as they currently exist, reinforce the de facto segregation patterns found in urban neighborhoods. (Contains 3 tables and 4 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10