To Have and to Have Not
The Socioeconomics of Charter Schools
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9728746 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kim Bancroft (California State University, Sacramento, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 248-279 |
| Publication date | 2009-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Education and Urban Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-1245 • E-ISSN: 1552-3535 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0013124508325674 |
| OpenAlex | W2113495932 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 19 |
This year-long ethnographic study analyzed three California charter middle schools: one served mostly low-income, urban African American students; the second served students from working class Latino families; and the third served a middle class, predominantly White suburb. The study illustrates how socioeconomic context of a charter school's community, combined with charter reforms, affect school operations. Significantly, charters serving poor students lacked resources to fulfill their needs, and teachers lacked necessary professional development. As a result of financial and pedagogical difficulties, some charters took a more selective approach to finding students who would help the school, and its teachers, succeed
Affect (linguistics · Charter · Charter school · Context (archaeology · Economic growth · Ethnography · Geography · Middle class · Pedagogy · Political science · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Critical Race Theory in Education · Demography · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · School Choice and Performance
Polish Teacher Competencies in Teaching Students from Migrant Backgrounds in Preparatory Classes
What Can Institutional Analysis Tell Us About School Improvement Reforms
Does Sex Education Guarantee a Higher Quality of Sexual Life? The Mediating Role of Sexual Self-Awareness in Sex Education and Sexual Satisfaction
A Phenomenological Study of the Leadership Experiences of the Charter School Founder-Administrator in Florida
Visioning Hope
Information Is Bliss
School Power
Schooling and work in the democratic state
Institutions and organizations
When Work Disappears
Equality of educational opportunity
Ghetto Schooling
Being Black, Living in the Red
Politics, Markets and America's Schools
Expect Miracles
Class and Schools
Reproduction in education, society, and culture
Understanding Cultural Diversity and Learning
When Work Disappears
The Home Environment and Academic Achievement of Black American Children and Youth
Understanding Inequality in Schools
| Citations per year | 0.6 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2016 - 2025 (10) |
| Highly cited | No |