Parental School Choices in Market-Oriented School Systems: Why Middle Class Immigrants Self-Select into Specialized Academic Programs

Parental School Choices in Market-Oriented School Systems: Why Middle Class Immigrants Self-Select into Specialized Academic Programs

abstract: This study addresses racial segregation in schools by examining the self-selecting patterns of middle class Asian immigrant parents in a public non-charter school district who enrolled their children in specialized academic programs. This phenomenological study focused on the educational h...

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Other Authors: Padilla, Hoang-Thuy Phan (Author)
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
Educational leadership
Education
Elementary education
Asian American
cultural capital
market-oriented
model minority
parent choices
racial segregation
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.14513

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http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.14513

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