Widening Participation through Alternative Public Schools
A Canadian Example
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2642822 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Cole Etherington (0000-0002-7933-4593, Western University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 59-71 |
| Publication date | 2013-05-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociological Research Online (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1360-7804 • E-ISSN: 1360-7804 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5153/sro.2926 |
| OpenAlex | W3203239181 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 32 |
In recent years, the development of the global knowledge economy has rendered post-secondary education necessary for employment and earning potential, with manual labour no longer as prevalent or secure as it once was. Yet, access to post-secondary institutions continues to be stratified based on social class. To support working-class students in obtaining a post-secondary education, some countries have opened alternative public schools geared toward this purpose. This article draws on a Canadian case study of a school for working-class students whose parents do not have any post-secondary education to investigate the discourse surrounding these institutions and their goals. Using a content analysis of newspaper articles and policy documents, I find that while alternative schools certainly have the potential to increase educational attainment amongst working-class students, they may pose significant challenges to working-class identities
Economic growth · Economics · Educational attainment · Media studies · Newspaper · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Social class · Sociology · Working class · Diverse Education Studies and Reforms · Parental Involvement in Education · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics
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“I just didn’t feel like I fit in”
Conversations with Ulrich Beck
Class Practices
Choosing to Labour
Accessing Higher Education
Childrearing, Class and the New Politics of Parenting
The Price of Knowledge 2004
Reproduction in Education, Society and Culture
Kindergarten oral language skill
Carrying the beacon of excellence
University as vocational education
Parental practices and educational achievement
Gender, class and ‘race’ in lifelong learning
Fitting in’ or ‘standing out’
Sociology as Pedagogy
Bourdieu, Language, and Literacy
The Relationship Between Parental Involvement and Urban Secondary School Student Academic Achievement
The Inheritance of Inequality
Race, Cultural Capital, and Educational Resources
Poverty, Residential Mobility, and Student Transiency within a Rural New York School District
Strangers in Paradise
In a Different Place
Making Up' the Middle-Class Child
Raising the 'Meritocracy
Concerted cultivation' and unequal achievement in elementary school
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