ERIC Number: EJ1112422
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016-Oct
Pages: 32
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ISSN: ISSN-0042-0859
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Information Is Bliss: Information Use by School Choice Participants in Denver
Yettick, Holly
Urban Education, v51 n8 p859-890 Oct 2016
If school choice programs are to provide any degree of equitable access to educational opportunities, then useful information about academic quality needs to be available to all participants, not just those who hob knob with the school board members or chat with the superintendent over the backyard fence. This study draws upon a unique data set to identify two information sources (parent websites and school choice enrollment guides) associated with low-income and minority families' selection of higher quality schools in Denver. The study also highlights two types of information lacked by low-income and minority families who ended up selecting lower quality schools.
Descriptors: School Choice, Information Utilization, Educational Quality, Information Sources, Parent Materials, Parent Education, Web Sites, Enrollment Trends, Guides, Low Income Groups, Minority Groups, Urban Education, Parent Participation, Academic Achievement, Selection Tools, Predictor Variables, Public Schools, User Satisfaction (Information), User Needs (Information)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Adult Education; Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Colorado (Denver)
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