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Direct linkBryan Mann; Annah Rogers – Urban Education, 2025
The percentage of White residents in the urban core increased during the last three decades. Meanwhile, urban school choice policies have changed school enrollment processes. Scholars must examine how White residents navigate school choice in this context to understand why racial segregation persists. We study White parents in a city with changing…
Descriptors: School Choice, Racial Distribution, Racial Composition, White Students
Shani Adia Evans – Urban Education, 2024
This interview study examines the school choices of white middle class parents who live in a large Northeastern city. Interviewees identify as progressive urbanites and express an appreciation for racial diversity. Simultaneously, interviewees draw on anti-Black stereotypes when evaluating school options and avoiding majority Black schools. While…
Descriptors: Parents, Whites, Middle Class, Urban Areas
Download full textHarris, Julie C. – Urban Education, 2022
It has been 50 years since magnet schools were first used to address segregation in public schools. The context of magnet schools has changed dramatically during this time, raising questions about the role of magnet schools in a modern context. This study utilized data from a large urban district with more than 100 magnet schools to assess…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Magnet Schools, Urban Education, School Districts
Honey, Ngaire; Smrekar, Claire – Urban Education, 2022
In a context that privileges neighborhood zoning and school choice over within-district busing, we examine urban residents' perceptions of the benefits of racial diversity. We analyze public opinion trends by race and residents' experience as a student in a district under court-ordered desegregation--Nashville, TN. We find racial differences…
Descriptors: School Desegregation, School Resegregation, Public Opinion, Urban Areas
Gulosino, Charisse; Maxwell, Phoebe – Urban Education, 2022
In this article, the Tennessee's Voluntary Prekindergarten (TN-VPK) program in general and the Shelby County Schools' VPK program in particular are analyzed using the policy instruments of regulation, finance, and support services. The geospatial analysis (Geographic Information Systems or "GIS") indicates that many of VPK's site…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Geographic Location, Poverty, At Risk Students
Hamlin, Daniel – Urban Education, 2021
Spurring parental involvement has been a core objective of charter school reform. This study compares for-profit-managed and nonprofit-managed charter schools and their public school peers in Detroit on two indicators of parental involvement. Nonprofit-managed charter schools generated higher rates of general parental involvement, net of…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Charter Schools, Public Schools, Nonprofit Organizations
