Is Choice a Panacea? An Analysis of Black Secondary Student Attrition from KIPP, Other Private Charters, and Urban Districts

Autor/inn/en	Vasquez Heilig, Julian; Williams, Amy; McNeil, Linda McSpadden; Lee, Christopher
Titel	Is Choice a Panacea? An Analysis of Black Secondary Student Attrition from KIPP, Other Private Charters, and Urban Districts
Quelle	In: Berkeley Review of Education, 2 (2011) 2, S.153-178 (26 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1947-5578
Schlagwörter	African American Students; Secondary School Students; Charter Schools; Public Schools; School Choice; Equal Education; Educational Attainment; Urban Schools; Dropouts; Academic Persistence; College Attendance; Student Attrition; Expenditure per Student; Educational Finance; Educational History; Educational Change; Enrollment Trends; Racial Composition; Minority Group Students; State Legislation; Program Effectiveness; Texas + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? African Americans; Student; Students; Afroamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Sekundarschüler; Charter school; Charter-Schule; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Choice of school; Schulwahl; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; College; Colleges; Attendance; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Anwesenheit; Schülerbeurlaubung; Bildungsfonds; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Bildungsreform; Landesrecht
Abstract	Public concern about pervasive inequalities in traditional public schools, combined with growing political, parental, and corporate support, has created the expectation that charter schools are the solution for educating minorities, particularly Black youth. There is a paucity of research on the educational attainment of Black youth in privately operated charters, particularly on the issue of attrition. This paper finds that on average peer urban districts in Texas show lower incidence of Black student dropouts and leavers relative to charters. The data also show that despite the claims that 88-90% of the children attending KIPP charters go on to college, their attrition rate for Black secondary students surpasses that of their peer urban districts. And this is in spite of KIPP spending 30-60% more per pupil than comparable urban districts. The analyses also show that the vast majority of privately operated charter districts in Texas serve very few Black students. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Berkeley Graduate School of Education, University of California, 5648 Tolman Hall, Berkeley, CA 94702. Tel: 510-328-3701; e-mail: bre_editor@berkeley.edu; Web site: http://www.berkeleyreviewofeducation.com
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Update	2020/1/01