My School District Isn’t Segregated: Experimental Evidence on the Effect of Information on Parental Preferences Regarding School Segregation

IF 3.3 1区 教育学 Q1 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
M. Thompson, Sam Trejo
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U.S. public schools are increasingly segregated by income, resulting in substantial educational inequality among U.S. schoolchildren. We conducted a nationally representative survey to explore the relationship between parental beliefs about and preferences regarding school segregation. Using experimental manipulation, we tested if learning about levels of school segregation in their local school district affects a parent’s attitudes and preferences regarding school segregation. In doing so, our study helps elucidate whether disagreement with respect to segregation-reducing policies stems from differences in parental beliefs about the extent of segregation in their district or from differences in parental preferences given existing levels of segregation. We found that parents hold largely inaccurate beliefs about local segregation levels and underestimate, on average, the economic segregation in their district. However, information treatments that correct inaccurate beliefs do little to influence support for policies to reduce segregation.
我的学区没有隔离:信息对家长学校隔离偏好影响的实验证据
美国公立学校越来越多地按收入进行隔离,导致美国学童之间存在严重的教育不平等。我们进行了一项具有全国代表性的调查,以探讨家长对学校隔离的看法和偏好之间的关系。通过实验操作,我们检验了了解当地学区的学校隔离水平是否会影响家长对学校隔离的态度和偏好。通过这种方法,我们的研究有助于阐明,在减少种族隔离政策方面的分歧是源于家长对其所在学区种族隔离程度的不同看法,还是源于家长对现有种族隔离程度的不同偏好。我们发现,家长们对当地种族隔离程度的看法大多不准确,而且平均低估了所在地区的经济种族隔离程度。然而,纠正不准确观念的信息处理方法对减少种族隔离政策的支持影响甚微。
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CiteScore
6.90
自引率
5.10%
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期刊介绍: Sociology of Education (SOE) provides a forum for studies in the sociology of education and human social development. SOE publishes research that examines how social institutions and individuals’ experiences within these institutions affect educational processes and social development. Such research may span various levels of analysis, ranging from the individual to the structure of relations among social and educational institutions. In an increasingly complex society, important educational issues arise throughout the life cycle.
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