Kindergarten Panic : Parental Anxiety and School Choice Inequality.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brown, Bailey A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Elementary school administration--New York (State)--New York.

Elementary school administration.

Elementary schools--New York (State)--New York.

Elementary schools.

School choice--New York (State)--New York.

School choice.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (210 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2025.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

How school choice reproduces inequality by creating gendered and socioeconomic decision-making labor for parents School choice policies have proliferated in recent years, with parents forced to navigate complex admission processes.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction: The New Labor of School Decision-Making in an Era of School Choice

1. A Mother's Duty: Gendered Work and the School Search Process

2. "What I Want for My Kids": Classed Work and Parenting Search Logics

3. You Don't Really Feel the Diversity: Racialized Work and the Search for a Racially Inclusive School

4. Dealing with the World Outside the Door: Community Work and Cultivating Neighborhood Engagement

Conclusion: An Uncertain Future: School Decision-Making at a Crossroads

Methodological Appendix

Notes

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-691-26980-7

OCLC:

1521494055