The Status Quo Prevails? Analyzing the Defunct Merger of Neighboring Gold Coast and Cabrini Green Public Schools in Chicago

Autor/in	Martin, Kacy
Titel	The Status Quo Prevails? Analyzing the Defunct Merger of Neighboring Gold Coast and Cabrini Green Public Schools in Chicago
Quelle	(2017), (62 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Middle Class; Parent Attitudes; School Desegregation; Educational Policy; Achievement Gap; School Restructuring; School Choice; Crime; Urban Schools; Public Housing; Neighborhood Schools; Equal Education; School Safety; Desegregation Litigation; Public Schools; Elementary Schools; Discussion Groups; Whites; African Americans; Diversity (Institutional); Debate; Social Capital; Cultural Influences; Poverty Areas; Local History; Low Income Students; Minority Group Students; School Demography; Illinois (Chicago) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mittelschicht; Elternverhalten; Integrative Schule; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Schulreformplan; Schulumwandlung; Choice of school; Schulwahl; Crimes; Delict; Delicts; Delikt; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Sozialer Wohnungsbau; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Elementary school; Grundschule; Volksschule; White; Weißer; Afroamerikaner; Debating; Streitgespräch; Sozialkapital; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Ortsgeschichte; Schulbesuchsrate
Abstract	The racial achievement gap has persisted in the decades since "Brown v. Board," despite large-scale investment in school reform. Accordingly, some administrators and politicians are reconsidering integration policies as a means of addressing the gap. This study examines one Chicago community's discussion of such integration policy. Introduced as a means of addressing space allocation issues and racial isolation, a proposed merger between two adjacent but demographically opposite K-8 schools caused controversy among parents. Analysis of their online discussions about the merger provides insight into the local politics among policy entrepreneurs and community stakeholders. The merger's opponents leveraged historical assumptions about crime, student achievement, and freedom of choice in order to prevent the merger and maintain the status quo. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01