Academic and Racial Segregation in Charter Schools: Do Parents Sort Students into Specialized Charter Schools?

Autor/in	Garcia, David R.
Titel	Academic and Racial Segregation in Charter Schools: Do Parents Sort Students into Specialized Charter Schools?
Quelle	In: Education and Urban Society, 40 (2008) 5, S.590-612 (23 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-1245
DOI	10.1177/0013124508316044
Schlagwörter	Racial Differences; Racial Composition; School Choice; School Segregation; Comparative Analysis; Educational Environment; Parent Influence; Educational Quality; Charter Schools; Racial Segregation; Attendance Patterns; Arizona + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Rassenunterschied; Choice of school; Schulwahl; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Charter school; Charter-Schule; Rassentrennung
Abstract	This article focuses on how parental school choices affect the degree of racial and academic segregation in charter schools. The research design allows for a direct comparison of the racial and academic conditions of the district schools students exited to the charter schools they entered. Parents choose to leave more racially integrated district schools to attend more racially segregated charter schools. Simultaneously, parents enroll their students into charter schools with at least the same degree of academic integration as the district schools that students exited. The academic and racial segregation results are then used to test the extent to which students congregate into specialized charter schools according to hypothesized patterns. The findings call into question the assertion of charter school advocates that segregated conditions in charter schools are the result of students self-selecting into specialized charter schools. (Contains 4 tables and 4 figures.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10