Race, Inequality of Opportunity, and School Choice

Autor/inn/en	Darby, Derrick; Saatcioglu, Argun
Titel	Race, Inequality of Opportunity, and School Choice
Quelle	In: Theory and Research in Education, 13 (2015) 1, S.56-86 (31 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1477-8785
DOI	10.1177/1477878515572288
Schlagwörter	Equal Education; Racial Bias; Racial Factors; School Choice; Low Income Groups; Urban Areas; African Americans; Adults; Poverty; Family Structure; Environmental Influences; Social Attitudes; Neoliberalism; Political Attitudes; Magnet Schools; School Districts; Middle School Students; Neighborhoods; One Parent Family; Ohio + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Racial discrimination; Rassismus; Choice of school; Schulwahl; Urban area; Stadtregion; Afroamerikaner; Armut; Familienkonstellation; Familiensystem; Environmental influence; Umwelteinfluss; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Neo-liberalism; Neoliberalismus; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; School district; Schulbezirk; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Neighbourhoods; Nachbarschaft; Single parent family; Ein-Eltern-Familie
Abstract	Both neoliberals and liberals call for mitigating inequality of educational opportunity stemming from circumstances beyond an individual's control. In this article, we challenge the wisdom of making equality of opportunity hinge on emphasizing the distinction rather than the relationship between choices and circumstances. We utilize an empirical analysis focusing on the extent to which certain circumstances beyond the control of low-income urban Black adults (e.g. poverty and community instability) limit their eventual chances for maintaining traditional two-parent households, which in turn limits their capacity to make effective choices instrumental in improving the educational prospects of their children. We conclude from this that collectively bearing the burden of attending to differences in the "quality" of circumstances--in which these voluntary choices are made by poor urban Black parents--is something that we owe to each other whether we are neoliberals or liberals if we share a common normative commitment to equality of opportunity. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01