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Title: Reforming School Choice Systems to Reduce Segregation in Schools: A Comparative Political Economy Study of Education Reform in Belgium, Chile, and the Netherlands
Language: English
Authors: T. J. D'Agostino (ORCID 0000-0002-2724-7527), Jonas Vernimmen, Audrey Feldman (ORCID 0009-0007-9294-0903)
Source: Peabody Journal of Education. 2024 99(5):596-620.
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: 25
Publication Date: 2024
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Choice, Diversity (Institutional), Selection Criteria, Desegregation Methods, Desegregation Plans, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Equal Education, Nondiscriminatory Education, Admission Criteria, Equalization Aid, Policy Formation, School Segregation
Geographic Terms: Belgium, Chile, Netherlands
DOI: 10.1080/0161956X.2024.2407252
ISSN: 0161-956X
1532-7930
Abstract: This study offers a comparative examination of desegregation policy reforms in Belgium, Chile, and the Netherlands, addressing equity reforms to universal school choice systems. Through an analysis of the reform trajectories, we explore the evolution of policies, the causal mechanisms of change, efforts to institutionalize policies, and the sources of resistance to reform. We then undertake a cross-national comparison to discern trends and confirm or disconfirm theorized causes. Policy strategies from each context included nondiscrimination policies, fiscal incentives, and eventually reform of admissions procedures. Causal mechanisms facilitating equity reforms included shifts in political context, grassroots mobilization, generated focusing events through scholarly work and reports of civil society and transnational actors, and effective framing. Oppositional forces from non-state school networks and middle-class/white parents emerged in each context, affecting reform design and the path to institutionalization, but were unable to block reforms. The resulting reforms in each context were the products of compromise that retreated from deeper structural changes, likely mitigating the effects of reforms on school-based segregation.
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