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How Children of Latin American Immigrants Negotiate High School Choice

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11366552
AutoresCarolyn Sattin-Bajaj (0000-0002-2602-3337, Seton Hall University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2015
Volumen121
Número3
Páginas381-415
Fecha de publicación2015-05-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAmerican Journal of Education (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0195-6744 • E-ISSN: 1549-6511
EditorialUniversity of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1086/680409
OpenAlexW2143206284
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas11
Referencias citadas44

The compatibility of school choice policies and educational equity goals is one of the most hotly debated issues in education today. Yet, despite the growing population of children of immigrants in US schools, limited research exists on the relationship between parental nativity and participation in school choice from an equity perspective. This article explores the tensions and alignment between school choice and equity through an examination of children of Latin American immigrants’ search for and decisions about high schools in the context of a compulsory choice policy. Drawing on nearly 2 years of ethnographic data collected at one New York City public middle school and interviews with 26 first- and second-generation children of low-income immigrants from across Latin America and the Spanish-speaking Caribbean, I illuminate some of challenges that Latino immigrant-origin students faced in understanding how to select appropriate, quality high schools. Using these findings, I analyze the ways in which the design and implementation of New York City’s mandatory high school choice policy hindered its equity potential and offer recommendations for its improvement

Economic growth · Economics · Educational Equity · Equity (law · Immigration · Latin Americans · Negotiation · Pedagogy · Political science · Population · School choice · Social science · Sociology · Critical Race Theory in Education · Law · Parental Involvement in Education · School Choice and Performance