Exploring the Role of Family-School Partnerships in School Choice
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9729447 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jason E Saltmarsh (0000-0001-5580-2201, University of Maryland, College Park, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 698-717 |
| Publication date | 2023-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| 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 | 10.1177/00131245221110558 |
| OpenAlex | W4295093096 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 40 |
Parental access to useful information about schools continues to be a structural barrier that limits the equity potential of school choice programs. While “information interventions” or simplified and readable knowledge resources show promise for counteracting information disparities between families, this line of research has provided limited insight on the particular preferences and needs of parents or the value of person-to-person interpretive assistance in school decisions. This exploratory study uses qualitative methods to investigate parent-school collaboration for the purpose of school selection in Washington, D.C. Drawing on a social capital framework, this study analyzes information transactions from parents’ perspectives to clarify ways in which school personnel currently function as liaisons of choice. Findings from this study indicate future opportunities for districts to improve the outcome of school choice through better training of school and district personnel
Equity (law · Political science · Psychological intervention · Public relations · Qualitative research · School choice · Social capital · Sociology · Higher Education Research Studies · Parental Involvement in Education · Psychology · School Choice and Performance
Models of Bounded Rationality
School Choice, Racial Segregation, and Poverty Concentration
Information, School Choice, and Academic Achievement
Buying Homes, Buying Schools
The Role of Application Assistance and Information in College Decisions
Handbook of theory and research for the sociology of education
In Praise of Ordinary Measures
Choosing Homes, Choosing Schools
Social Capital
Talk on the Playground
Subject to Evaluation
Bonding and Bridging
Determinants of school choice
Parent preferences and parent choices
The Chimera of Choice
All Choices Created Equal? The Role of Choice Sets in the Selection of Schools
I Heard It on the Grapevine’
Parent Management of School Choice in a Large Urban District
What Have You Done for Me Lately? Educational Research and Urban Schools
Understanding Achilles’ Heel
Constrained Consumers
Doing Identity Work and Risky Endeavors? A Qualitative Research Synthesis of Predominantly White, Middle-Class Parents’ Decision Making in the Context of Urban School Choice
Dream Adjusters
A Tale of Three Cities
Qualitative Research Design
A Social Capital Framework for the Study of Institutional Agents and Their Role in the Empowerment of Low-Status Students and Youth
Surviving at the Street Level
The Politics of Choice and the Structuring of Citizenship post-Brown v. Board of Education
Fitting it all in
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |