Making Sense of School Choice Politics, Policies, and Practice under
Making Sense of School Choice explains why school choice fails to deliver on its promise to meet the needs of culturally diverse populations, even in one of the world's most marketized education systems. Windle offers fresh insights into the transnational
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Making Sense of School Choice Politics, Policies, and Practice under Conditions of Cultural Diversity
Joel A. Windle
making sense of school choice Copyright © Joel A. Windle, 2015.
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ISBN 978-1-349-56548-1 ISBN 978-1-137-48353-9 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9781137483539 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Windle, Joel A. Making sense of school choice : politics, policies and practice under conditions of cultural diversity / Joel A. Windle. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. School choice— United States. 2. Educational equalization. I. Title. LB1027.9.W57 2015 379.1'11—dc23 2015006838 A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library. Design by Amnet. First edition: August 2015 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Contents
List of Tables
vii
Acknowledgments
ix
1
Choice, Equity, and Diversity
1
2
School Choice as Policy Regime and Cultural Ideal
23
3
Socially Restricted Choice in Multicultural Neighborhoods
47
4
Socially Exposed Schooling: The Majority Experience
77
5
The Meaning of Choice for Schools: Curriculum and Market Hierarchies
97
The Many Lives of School Choice: Common Sense, Coercion, and Control
119
Toward Democratic Schooling
145
6 7
Appendix: Research Methods and Data Sources
163
Notes
165
References
167
Index
187
List of Tables
2.1
Multiple schools considered (logistic regression)
43
2.2
Use of MySchool (logistic regression)
44
5.1 Top-ranked Victorian schools in examination results
100
Acknowledgments
The research upon which this book is based was funded by the Australian Research Council. I also draw on research supported by an Endeavour Award from the Australian Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, and projects financed by the Brazilian Ministry of Education’s research agency (CAPES). I am particularly grateful to the parents, students, teachers, and principals who generously participated in this research. The data collection relied on the contribution of a team of coworkers, to whom I am extremely grateful: Ben Crichton, Cemen Polat, Zuhal Caliskan, Simone Cassidy, Taghreed Jamal Al Deen, Hai Nguyen, Huyen Le, Miriam Faine, Thi Lan Anh Phan, Musa Kilinc, Cunhzen Yang, and Denise Beale. Particular thanks and recognition are due to Greg Stratton, who played an invalu
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