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- Title
A Tale of Two Systems: Choice and Equity in the District of Columbia's Charter Schools.
- Authors
Eisenlohr, Andrew; Kennedy, Kate; Bulkley, Katrina E.; Marsh, Julie A.
- Abstract
Advocates often predict that school choice policies will expand access to high-quality schools, particularly for marginalized communities. To interrogate this assumption, we employed a sequential mixed-methods analysis examining the state of charter reform in the District of Columbia. We observed that stakeholders consistently defined equity as uniform processes, evident in data distribution and enrollment practices. We also uncovered persistent disparities in where students live versus learn. We conclude that race-neutral conceptions of equity may hinder attempts to improve school access by ignoring structural inequalities tied to race, place, and income and by overlooking privileged households' efforts to remain separate.
- Subjects
EDUCATIONAL change; SCHOOL choice; SEQUENTIAL analysis; CHARTER schools; DATA distribution; EDUCATIONAL equalization; SEGREGATION in education
- Publication
Educational Policy, 2024, Vol 38, Issue 6, p1346
- ISSN
0895-9048
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/08959048231198816