Choosing homes, choosing schools / Annette Lareau, Kimberly Goyette, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lareau, Annette, editor.

Goyette, Kimberly A., editor.

JSTOR (Organization)

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Discrimination in education--United States.

Discrimination in education.

United States.

Segregation in education--United States.

Segregation in education.

Educational equalization--United States.

Educational equalization.

Social classes--United States.

Social classes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiii, 328 pages.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Russell Sage Foundation, [2014]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

A series of policy shifts over the past decade promises to change how Americans decide where to send their children to school. In theory, the expanded use of standardized test scores and the boom in charter schools will allow parents to evaluate their assigned neighborhood school, or move in search of a better option. But what kind of data do parents actually use while choosing schools? Are there differences among suburban and urban families? How do parents' choices influence school and residential segregation? What role so school concerns play in the preferences of white and minority parents for particular neighborhoods, and how the racial and economic makeup of both neighborhoods and schools mutually reinforce each other? Choosing Homes, Choosing Schools adroitly addresses this gap and provides a firmer understanding of how American choose where to live and send their children to school. Book jacket.

Contents:

List of tables and figures

About the authors

Preface

Setting the context / Kimberly Goyette

Pathways to residential segregation / Maria Krysan, Kyle Crowder, and Michael D.M. Bader

Declining significance of race? / Salvatore Saporito and Caroline Hanley

Segregation, neighborhoods, and schools / Paul A. Jargowsky

Residential mobility and school choice among poor families / Anna Rhodes and Stefanie DeLuca

Schools, housing, and the reproduction of inequality / Annette Lareau

Middle-class parents, risk, and urban public schools / Shelley McDonough Kimelberg

High-stakes choosing / Mary Pattillo, Lori Delale-O'Connor, and Felicia Butts

School choice in an urban setting / Elliot B. Weininger

Linking housing policy and school reform / Amy Ellen Schwartz and Leanna Stiefel

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Editor's preface / Kimberly Goyette, Temple University and Annette Lareau, UPenn -- Introduction / Kimberly Goyette, Temple University -- The current context of residential segregation -- Pathways to residential segregation / Maria Krysan, University of Chicago, Illinois, Kyle Crowder, University of Washington, and Michael Bader, American University -- The declining significance of race? : community racial composition and white private school enrollment, 1970-2010 / Salvatore Saporito, The College of William and Mary and Caroline Hanley, The College of William and Mary -- Changes in segregation by race and class : implications for schools / Paul Jargowsky, Rutgers University, Camden -- Residential mobility and school choice among poor families / Anna Rhodes, Johns Hopkins University and Stefanie DeLuca, Johns Hopkins University -- Choosing schools in a residential context -- Schools, housing, and the reproduction of inequality : experiences of white and african-american suburban parents / Annette Lareau, University of Pennsylvania -- "What really could go wrong in kindergarten?" : middle-class parents, risk, and urban public schools / Shelley McDonough Kimelberg, Northeastern University -- High stakes choosing : how parents maneuver chicago public schools / Mary Pattillo, Northwestern University, Lori Delale-O'Connor, Child Trends, and Felicia Butts, University of Chicago -- School choice in an urban setting : sources of information / Elliot Weininger, State University of New York, Brockport -- From front yards to schoolyards : linking housing policy and school reform / Amy Ellen Schwartz, New York University and Leanna Stiefel, New York University -- Index --

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Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

9781610448208

1610448200

Publisher Number:

99967464176

Access Restriction:

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