Race, Social Background, and School Choice Options

Autor/in	Goyette, Kimberly A.
Titel	Race, Social Background, and School Choice Options
Quelle	In: Equity & Excellence in Education, 41 (2008) 1, S.114-129 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1066-5684
Schlagwörter	Neighborhood Schools; Family Income; Home Schooling; School Choice; Socioeconomic Influences; Equal Education; Social Influences; Social Bias; Access to Education; Place of Residence; Decision Making; Suburban Schools; Rural Schools; School Districts; Whites; Racial Differences; Minority Groups; Low Income Groups; Middle Class; Pennsylvania + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Familieneinkommen; Homeschooling; Home instruction; ; Hausunterricht; Heimschule; Choice of school; Schulwahl; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Sozialer Einfluss; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Wohnort; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Suburban area; Outskirts; Suburb; School; Schools; Vorort; Vorstadt; Schule; Rural area; Rural areas; Ländlicher Raum; Schulen; School district; Schulbezirk; White; Weißer; Rassenunterschied; Ethnische Minderheit; Mittelschicht
Abstract	This research contributes to discussions about social inequality in school choices in two ways. First, educational choices include the multitude of options families may consider, including choosing a home in a particular area and home-schooling. Decision-making is considered not at a single point in time, but over children's educational careers. Second, this research explores school choices across school district boundaries to include school choices in suburban and rural, as well as urban districts. I use data from a random sample of families with school-aged children living in the Philadelphia Metropolitan area (including some counties in New Jersey) and other counties throughout Pennsylvania to explore the options that families consider for their children's schooling. The data paint a picture of two constellations of families: those who are white, suburban, and middle-income (who primarily select schools based on their neighborhoods and residences), and those composed of lower-income and urban families of color (who rely more on non-neighborhood school options). The differences between these predispositions toward choice suggest that the expanded school choice policies of urban school districts will have little influence on overall school inequality because of the tendency of white, suburban middle-class families to choose public schools in their relatively privileged, suburban neighborhoods. (Contains 2 tables and 1 note.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10