Over the River and through the Woods: The Role of Distance in Participation in Rural School Choice

Autor/in	Edwards, Danielle Sanderson
Titel	Over the River and through the Woods: The Role of Distance in Participation in Rural School Choice
Quelle	In: Journal of School Choice, 15 (2021) 4, S.624-654 (31 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1558-2159
DOI	10.1080/15582159.2021.1885969
Schlagwörter	Rural Schools; Rural Education; School Choice; Public Schools; Transportation; Proximity; School Closing; School Districts; Place of Residence; Rural Areas; Enrollment Trends; Probability; Student Characteristics; Michigan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen; Ländliche Erwachsenenbildung; Choice of school; Schulwahl; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Verkehrswesen; Lebensnähe; School closings; Schließung; Schließung (von Schulen); School district; Schulbezirk; Wohnort; Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung; Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie
Abstract	Although there exists a large body of literature concerning the impacts of school choice policies, few studies focus on the choices of rural students. Using a unique dataset that includes administrative records, geocoded addresses, and commute times for Michigan public school students over 6 years, I describe who participates in interdistrict choice in rural Michigan, where 15% of rural students attend a nonresident district. In particular, I examine the roles of commute time and school closures in choice decisions -- two factors that may be particularly salient in rural communities. I find that gaps in participation in interdistrict choice between rural and non-rural districts exist in kindergarten and persist across grades. Furthermore, I provide evidence that students who live farther away from their assigned school have lower opportunity costs to participate in interdistrict choice especially in rural districts. Also, school closures may induce students living farther away from their assigned school to attend a nonresident district in remote rural areas. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01