Desegregated but Unequal: Some Paradoxes of Parent Involvement at Bromden Elementary

Autor/inn/en	Sturges, Keith M.; Cramer, Elizabeth D.; Harry, Beth; Klingner, Janette K.
Titel	Desegregated but Unequal: Some Paradoxes of Parent Involvement at Bromden Elementary
Quelle	In: International Journal of Educational Policy, Research, and Practice: Reconceptualizing Childhood Studies, 6 (2005) 1, S.79-104 (26 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1528-3534
Schlagwörter	Parent Participation; Parent School Relationship; School Personnel; Elementary Schools; Parent Attitudes; Teacher Attitudes; Administrator Attitudes; School Restructuring; School Desegregation; Racial Composition; Power Structure + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Elternmitwirkung; Parent-school relationship; Parent school relationships; Parent-school relationships; Parent-school relation; Parent school relation; Eltern-Schule-Beziehung; Schulpersonal; Elementary school; Grundschule; Volksschule; Elternverhalten; Lehrerverhalten; Schulreformplan; Schulumwandlung; Integrative Schule
Abstract	In this article, we examine the behaviors and contrasting perspectives, attitudes, and expectations of three sets of stakeholders--school personnel and the two communities of parents that represented equal portions of the population at an elementary school that had recently undergone substantial restructuring resulting from a desegregation order. Based on our findings, we contend that disorganization, lack of communication, varying definitions of parent involvement, and unequal power relations hampered substantive parent involvement. We further conclude that these barriers reduce the school's capacity to engage parents in sustainable, meaningful home-school collaboration. We offer possible solutions, drawn from empirically-based literature on effective home-school interactions. (Contains 1 note.) (Author).
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