Intensive Mothering and the Unequal School-Search Burden

Autor/in	Brown, Bailey A.
Titel	Intensive Mothering and the Unequal School-Search Burden
Quelle	In: Sociology of Education, 95 (2022) 1, S.3-22 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Brown, Bailey A.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0038-0407
DOI	10.1177/00380407211048453
Schlagwörter	School Choice; Mothers; Fathers; Decision Making; Social Class; Racial Differences; Ethnicity; Educational Environment; Racial Bias; Family Structure; Educational Policy; Ideology; Gender Bias; Urban Schools; Elementary School Students; Socioeconomic Status; Institutional Characteristics; Parent Background; Educational Attainment; Poverty; Employment Level; Parent Attitudes; Parent Role; New York (New York) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Choice of school; Schulwahl; Mother; Mutter; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Social classes; Soziale Klasse; Rassenunterschied; Ethnizität; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Racial discrimination; Rassismus; Familienkonstellation; Familiensystem; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Ideologie; Geschlechterstereotyp; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Elternhaus; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Armut; Beschäftigungsgrad; Elternverhalten; Parental role; Elternrolle
Abstract	Expanded school-choice policies have weakened the traditional link between residence and school assignment. These policies have created new school options and new labor for families to manage and divide. Drawing on interviews with 90 mothers and 12 fathers of elementary-age children, I demonstrate that mothers across class, racial, and ethnic backgrounds absorb the labor of school decision-making. Working-class mothers emphasize self-sacrifice and search for schools that will keep their children safe. Middle-class mothers intensively research school information and seek niche school environments. Working-class and middle-class black and Latinx mothers engage in ongoing labor to monitor the racial climate within schools and to protect their children from experiences of marginalization. Partnered fathers and single primary-caregiver fathers invest less time and energy in the search for schools. These findings identify an important source of gender inequality stemming from modern educational policies and suggest new directions for research on school choice. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01