Constrained Consumers: Middle-Class Parents' Resistance of School Closure and Consolidation in Chicago

Autor/inn/en	Wright-Costello, Beth; Phillippo, Kate
Titel	Constrained Consumers: Middle-Class Parents' Resistance of School Closure and Consolidation in Chicago
Quelle	In: Education and Urban Society, 52 (2020) 9, S.1372-1396 (25 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Wright-Costello, Beth)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-1245
DOI	10.1177/0013124520908259
Schlagwörter	Parents; Resistance (Psychology); Middle Class; School Closing; Consolidated Schools; Urban Schools; Public Schools; Elementary Schools; Relocation; Educational Demand; Empowerment; Commercialization; School Districts; Board of Education Policy; Neighborhood Schools; School Choice; Access to Education; School Demography; Parent Influence; Low Income; Advantaged; Illinois (Chicago) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Eltern; Resistenz; Mittelschicht; School closings; Schule; Schließung; Schließung (von Schulen); Consolidated school; Mittelpunktschule; Zentralschule; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Elementary school; Grundschule; Volksschule; Umsetzung; Bildungsanforderung; Bildungsnachfrage; School district; Schulbezirk; Choice of school; Schulwahl; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Schulbesuchsrate; Niedriglohn
Abstract	Many urban districts use a portfolio management model, hoping to promote school choice and improve school performance. This model requires school closure, which has predominantly impacted lower income families. In 2013, Chicago Public Schools relocated Granger Elementary into one of 48 schools it closed, placing its middle-class parents in the unusual position of resisting a school closure-related decision. Our case study explores parents' resistance from a perspective of capital use and parental agency. Interview participants leveraged extensive capital in response to the proposed closure--relocation. When their efforts failed to halt the directive, they used their resources as consumers, largely finding their children spaces in other schools. Parents were unable to effectively exercise agency to influence district-level policy, but they secured educational advantages for their own children by leveraging their capital. Findings inform implications for market-based policy theory, equity, and democratic control of public schools. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01