ERIC Number: EJ1360450
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 13
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EISSN: EISSN-2332-8584
Race, Gender, and Networks: How Teachers' Social Connections Structure Access to Job Opportunities in Districts with School Choice
Jabbar, Huriya; Boggs, Rachel; Childs, Joshua
AERA Open, v8 n1 Jan-Dec 2022
Research in sociology demonstrates the way social connections shape access to information about job opportunities. In education, we understand less about how social networks impact the job process for marginalized teachers and teachers in nontraditional labor markets. This study examines how teachers in New Orleans and Detroit, cities with high concentrations of charter schools, use their networks to search for jobs, and how their experiences vary by race and gender. We find that in choice-rich environments, there was an extensive reliance on social networks in the hiring process, and teachers had different access to key social networks that can help to land jobs. Hiring decisions and unequal access to job opportunities among teacher candidates, in part due to the reliance on networks, created conditions where teachers who cultivated stronger networks, or with access to the "right" networks, had greater opportunity, with implications for racial and gender equity and diversity.
Descriptors: Charter Schools, School Choice, Social Networks, Labor Market, Teachers, Employment Opportunities, Diversity (Faculty), Racial Differences, Gender Differences, Teaching Conditions, White Teachers, African American Teachers
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
Sponsor: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) (DHHS/NIH)
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Identifiers - Location: Louisiana (New Orleans); Michigan (Detroit)
Grant or Contract Numbers: P2CHD042849; T32HD007081
Data File: URL: https://bibliotheek.ehb.be:2102/10.3886/E160941V1