ERIC Number: EJ1106211
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016
Pages: 21
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ISSN: ISSN-0161-956X
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Diversifying High Schools in Racially Changing Suburban Districts: Expanding Opportunity, Creating Barriers?
Frankenberg, Erica; Ayscue, Jennifer B.; Tyler, Alison C.
Peabody Journal of Education, v91 n3 p383-403 2016
Although demographic change is happening more rapidly at the elementary school level, the intersection of these demographic trends with the changing mission of high schools may offer the opportunity to reduce some of the persistent racial gaps in educational attainment. At the same time, when schools became diverse as desegregation took place, stratification within schools occurred, leading to inequality within diverse schools. Thus, this article seeks to examine whether high schools can help to expand opportunity for low-income students and students of color as suburban racial change occurs. To answer this question, this article draws on school-level interviews in six public high schools in racially changing suburban districts in some of the nation's largest metropolitan areas. High schools in this study focused on ways to provide access to diverse students through structural reforms and information dissemination, yet they also saw academic programs as a way to compete for certain students to shape their student body composition and maintain enrollment.
Descriptors: Public Schools, High Schools, Suburban Schools, School Districts, Student Diversity, Demography, Educational Change, Educational Opportunities, Low Income Students, Minority Group Students, High School Students, African American Students, Asian American Students, Hispanic American Students, White Students, Semi Structured Interviews, Metropolitan Areas, Access to Education, Information Dissemination, Racial Composition, High Achievement, Low Achievement, Barriers, Social Capital, Disadvantaged, Competitive Selection, Secondary School Teachers, School Counselors, Principals, Elementary Schools
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education; Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Florida
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