Parental School Satisfaction in the Context of Segregation of Basic Education in Urban Finland

Autor/in	Tikkanen, Jenni
Titel	Parental School Satisfaction in the Context of Segregation of Basic Education in Urban Finland
Quelle	In: Nordic Journal of Studies in Educational Policy, 5 (2019) 3, S.165-179 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2002-0317
DOI	10.1080/20020317.2019.1688451
Schlagwörter	Satisfaction; Foreign Countries; Parent Attitudes; Parent School Relationship; School Choice; Socioeconomic Status; Secondary Schools; Socioeconomic Influences; Educational Attainment; Parent Background; School Segregation; Equal Education; Finland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Zufriedenheit; Ausland; Elternverhalten; Parent-school relationship; Parent school relationships; Parent-school relationships; Parent-school relation; Parent school relation; Eltern-Schule-Beziehung; Choice of school; Schulwahl; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Sekundarschule; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Elternhaus; Finnland
Abstract	This article examines the implications of the school choice policy, which has contributed to the segregation of basic education in urban Finland, by analysing the connection between the socio-economic status (SES) of schools' student populations and parents' satisfaction with their children's schools. The 318 participants were parents of lower secondary school students attending socio-economically affluent, average, and disadvantaged schools in three Finnish cities. Multiple indicators multiple causes modelling, with school SES and parental education as covariates, was used to test the hypothesis that a school's higher SES is connected to higher levels of parental school satisfaction with different aspects of the school's functioning. The hypothesis was partially verified as the results showed that a higher SES of a school implied more parental satisfaction with home--school cooperation and school culture. The findings suggest that the social segregation of basic education in urban Finland has implications beyond the differentiation of students' academic achievements and provide empirical evidence on the workings of one of the segregation mechanisms. (As Provided).
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