Browsing SOC Faculty Publications by Subject "School choice"
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Parental choice, neighborhood schools, and the market metaphor in urban education reform
(Sage, 2014-03-27)Critics of many popular urban school reforms in the United States allege that these reform efforts unfairly insert market forces into the public domain, resulting in widening inequalities. In this paper, I challenge the ... -
Parental choice, neighbourhood schools, and the market metaphor in urban education reform
(SAGE Publications, 2015-03)Critics of many popular urban school reforms in the United States allege that these reform efforts unfairly insert market forces into the public domain, resulting in widening inequalities. In this paper, I challenge the ... -
School racial composition and parental choice: new evidence on the preferences of white parents in the United States
(SAGE Publications, 2016-04)Racial segregation remains a persistent problem in U.S. schools. In this article, we examine how social psychological factorsin particular, individuals' perceptions of schools with varying demographic characteristicsmay ...