ERIC Number: EJ1354224
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 23
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0268-0939
EISSN: EISSN-1464-5106
Exiting Detroit for School: Inequitable Choice Sets and School Quality
Journal of Education Policy, v37 n4 p590-612 2022
Research has documented the complexity of parent decision-making within school choice marketplaces, including the ways in which individual preferences, social networks, and geography influence where parents choose to enroll their children in school. Yet, parent choices are constrained by the ways in which these dynamics intersect with existing school characteristics and locations. By constructing unique choice set 'landscapes' for 194 Detroit neighborhoods, taking into account where current neighbors attend school in the city, this paper contributes new evidence on the influence of peer enrollment on school choosing, and how peer choice sets differ from students' nearest schools. We find that parents are responsive to lower quality schools in their choice sets when choosing to exit and that choice set quality varies by race, with Black students having lower quality schools in their Detroit choice sets.
Descriptors: School Choice, Educational Quality, Decision Making, Preferences, Social Networks, Geographic Location, Parent Attitudes, Elementary Secondary Education, Neighborhood Schools, Race
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Michigan (Detroit)
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