Which child to which school? How local politicians shape catchment areas, school choice and diversity

IF 2.4 2区 教育学 Q1 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Vito Dabisch
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Abstract

Growing global debates surrounding parental school choice underscore the relevance of school place allocation. While there is much research on school choice, the enactment of such allocation policy is rarely analysed. Responding to this research gap, this article investigates how local politicians in Berlin put public primary school place allocation into practice. Building on approaches of policy enactment and policy field analysis, this article examines the ‘doing’ of Berlin primary school place allocation with the concurrency of catchment areas and parental school choice. Methodologically, this article draws on semi-structured interviews with three inner-city district school department heads in Berlin. Using qualitative content analysis, their political objectives, scope and strategies are analysed. The findings demonstrate that local politicians can interpret the allocation process in line with their political objectives. Consequently, there is surprising variation between the districts’ enactment of primary school place allocation policy. Policymakers’ political preferences for either school choice or social diversity are influential, as is the local context (e.g. school place shortages). The study highlights the importance of local actors and identifies three political strategies used to influence school place allocation, which might inform local politicians’ strategies elsewhere.
哪个孩子上哪所学校?当地政客如何塑造集水区、学校选择和多样性
围绕家长择校的全球辩论日益增多,突显了学校名额分配的相关性。虽然有很多关于择校的研究,但很少分析这种分配政策的制定情况。针对这一研究空白,本文调查了柏林地方政客如何将公立小学的名额分配付诸实践。基于政策制定和政策领域分析的方法,本文考察了柏林小学学位分配与集水区和家长学校选择的并行性。在方法论上,本文借鉴了对柏林三位市中心学区学校系主任的半结构化采访。采用定性内容分析法,分析了它们的政治目标、范围和战略。研究结果表明,地方政客可以根据他们的政治目标来解释分配过程。因此,各地区在制定小学学位分配政策方面存在着令人惊讶的差异。政策制定者对学校选择或社会多样性的政治偏好具有影响力,当地情况也是如此(例如,学校名额短缺)。该研究强调了地方行为者的重要性,并确定了三种用于影响学校名额分配的政治策略,这些策略可能会为其他地方的地方政客的策略提供信息。
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European Educational Research Journal
European Educational Research Journal EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH-
CiteScore
4.30
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10.50%
发文量
33
期刊介绍: The European Educational Research Journal (EERJ) is a scientific journal interested in the changing landscape of education research across Europe. Education research increasingly crosses the borders of the national through its subjects of study, scholarly collaborations and references. The EERJ publishes education research papers and special issues which include a reflection on how the European context and other related global or regional dynamics shape their educational research topics. The European Educational Research Journal publishes double-blind peer-reviewed papers in special issues and as individual articles. The EERJ reviews submitted papers on the basis of the quality of their argument, the contemporary nature of their work, and the level of ''speaking'' to the European audience. Policy-makers, administrators and practitioners with an interest in European issues are now invited to subscribe. The EERJ publishes peer reviewed articles, essay reviews and research reports (forms of research intelligence across Europe)
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