Forced to Choose
Lessons Learned from Families of Students Within Special Education
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21582004 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jennifer R Cowhy (0000-0002-4745-5091, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA, corresponding author), Molly F Gordon (0000-0002-6589-2594, NORC, Chicago, IL, USA), Marisa de la Torre (University of Chicago Consortium on School Research, Chicago, IL, USA) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 1282-1311 |
| Publication date | 2024-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Educational Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0895-9048 • E-ISSN: 1552-3896 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/08959048231198814 |
| OpenAlex | W4386891466 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 45 |
In this interview study, we utilize a theoretical framework that combines Bell’s theory of choice sets with DisCrit to explore how parents of students with IEPs (SIEPs) experienced a forced school choice embedded with the 2013 mass school closures in Chicago. We find that a child’s disability was a primary factor in parent’s choices. Further, all parents in our sample had conceptions of ideal schools, but a child’s IEP and other barriers—including safety and transportation—could prevent parents from enrolling their child in an otherwise desired school. In this way a child’s IEP could provide access to needed services while also denying families from desired learning environments. These findings point to the ableist nature of school choice and contribute to the growing body of research that questions the theoretical underpinnings of school choice as an education reform strategy
Mathematics education · Pedagogy · Political science · School choice · Sociology · Special education · Two-alternative forced choice · Diverse Education Studies and Reforms · Law · Parental Involvement in Education · Psychology · School Choice and Performance · Social Psychology
Politics, markets, and America's schools
Essays in positive economics
Ghosts in the Schoolyard
School Choice, Racial Segregation, and Poverty Concentration
School Choice and School Productivity
Street-Level Bureaucrats and Institutional Innovation
Rational choice and the structure of the environment.
Good Schools, Bad Schools
Segregation, Diversity, and Pathology
Racialized Perceptions of Anticipated School Belonging
No Choice Is the “Right” Choice
Economic Imperialism in Education Research
Choosing selves
Exiting Detroit for school
Going Off Script
Social Construction Is Racial Construction
All Choices Created Equal? The Role of Choice Sets in the Selection of Schools
School Choice and the Empowerment Imperative
Understanding the Gap in Special Education Enrollments Between Charter and Traditional Public Schools
Disposable Spaces
Just what is critical race theory and what's it doing in a nice field like education
How many cases do I need
The Paradox of Success at a No-Excuses School
Reexamining the Promise of Parent Participation in Special Education
Everyday Politics of School Choice in the Black Community
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |