ERIC Number: EJ1437813
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 20
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ISSN: ISSN-0161-956X
EISSN: EISSN-1532-7930
Unequal City and Inequitable Choice: The Neoliberal State's Development of School Choice and Marketization in the Publicly Funded Catholic School Board in Toronto, Canada
Ee-Seul Yoon
Peabody Journal of Education, v99 n4 p482-501 2024
This study examines the extent to which school choice in the Toronto Catholic District School Board impacts equity and segregation. This examination is important because full public funding for the Board should adhere to the goals of public education, namely, equity and inclusion of all students. A critical policy geography perspective is applied to illuminate the dynamics of school choice as a neoliberal reform in the context of a global city where residential polarization and occupational bifurcation along racialized social class lines have intensified. Guided by critical space analysis, this research uses student enrollment data (Grades 9-12), Canadian Census data, school website information, and secondary literature. The findings suggest that school choice increases spatial inequity by giving those who are already socially and racially advantaged easier access to prestigious academic programs of choice. School segregation according to students' economic backgrounds thereby increases. This study calls for implementing sociospatially conscious education policies that can undo rather than reinforce global city inequality.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Catholic Schools, Equal Education, School Choice, Diversity (Institutional), Selective Admission, Admission Criteria, Neoliberalism, Politics of Education
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada (Toronto)
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