When Middle-Class Parents Choose Urban Schools

Linn Poseyand#8211;maddox

ISBN 10: 022612021X / ISBN 13: 9780226120218

Edité par University of Chicago Press, 2014

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• Titre: When Middle-Class Parents Choose Urban Schools
• Éditeur: University of Chicago Press
• Date de parution: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 022612021X
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780226120218
• Reliure: PAP
• État de l'article: New
• Poids: 362 grammes

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Synopsis

In recent decades a growing number of middle-class parents have considered sending their children to—and often end up becoming active in—urban public schools. Their presence can bring long-needed material resources to such schools, but, as Linn Posey-Maddox shows in this study, it can also introduce new class and race tensions, and even exacerbate inequalities. Sensitively navigating the pros and cons of middle-class transformation, When Middle-Class Parents Choose Urban Schools asks whether it is possible for our urban public schools to have both financial security and equitable diversity.

Drawing on in-depth research at an urban elementary school, Posey-Maddox examines parents’ efforts to support the school through their outreach, marketing, and volunteerism. She shows that when middle-class parents engage in urban school communities, they can bring a host of positive benefits, including new educational opportunities and greater diversity. But their involvement can also unintentionally marginalize less-affluent parents and diminish low-income students’ access to the improving schools. In response, Posey-Maddox argues that school reform efforts, which usually equate improvement with rising test scores and increased enrollment, need to have more equity-focused policies in place to ensure that low-income families also benefit from—and participate in—school change.

À propos de l?auteur

Linn Posey-Maddox is assistant professor of educational policy studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.