Exiting Detroit for School: Inequitable Choice Sets and School Quality
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| Title: | Exiting Detroit for School: Inequitable Choice Sets and School Quality |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Lenhoff, Sarah Winchell (ORCID |
| Source: | Journal of Education Policy. 2022 37(4):590-612. |
| Availability: | Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 530 Walnut Street Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Tel: 215-625-8900; Fax: 215-207-0050; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 23 |
| Publication Date: | 2022 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Elementary Secondary Education |
| Descriptors: | School Choice, Educational Quality, Decision Making, Preferences, Social Networks, Geographic Location, Parent Attitudes, Elementary Secondary Education, Neighborhood Schools, Race |
| Geographic Terms: | Michigan (Detroit) |
| DOI: | 10.1080/02680939.2020.1856932 |
| ISSN: | 0268-0939 1464-5106 |
| Abstract: | Research has documented the complexity of parent decision-making within school choice marketplaces, including the ways in which individual preferences, social networks, and geography influence where parents choose to enroll their children in school. Yet, parent choices are constrained by the ways in which these dynamics intersect with existing school characteristics and locations. By constructing unique choice set 'landscapes' for 194 Detroit neighborhoods, taking into account where current neighbors attend school in the city, this paper contributes new evidence on the influence of peer enrollment on school choosing, and how peer choice sets differ from students' nearest schools. We find that parents are responsive to lower quality schools in their choice sets when choosing to exit and that choice set quality varies by race, with Black students having lower quality schools in their Detroit choice sets. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2022 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1354224 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | Research has documented the complexity of parent decision-making within school choice marketplaces, including the ways in which individual preferences, social networks, and geography influence where parents choose to enroll their children in school. Yet, parent choices are constrained by the ways in which these dynamics intersect with existing school characteristics and locations. By constructing unique choice set 'landscapes' for 194 Detroit neighborhoods, taking into account where current neighbors attend school in the city, this paper contributes new evidence on the influence of peer enrollment on school choosing, and how peer choice sets differ from students' nearest schools. We find that parents are responsive to lower quality schools in their choice sets when choosing to exit and that choice set quality varies by race, with Black students having lower quality schools in their Detroit choice sets. |
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| ISSN: | 0268-0939 1464-5106 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/02680939.2020.1856932 |
