Sorting Schools: A Computational Analysis of Charter School Identities and Stratification

IF 3.3 1区 教育学 Q1 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Jaren Haber
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Abstract

Research shows charter schools are more segregated by race and class than are traditional public schools. I investigate an underexamined mechanism for this segregation: Charter schools project identities corresponding to parents’ race- and class-specific parenting styles and educational values. I use computational text analysis to detect the emphasis on inquiry-based learning in the websites of all charter schools operating in 2015–16. I then estimate mixed linear regression models to test the relationships between ideological emphasis and school- and district-level poverty and ethnicity. I thereby transcend methodological problems in scholarship on charter school identities by collecting contemporary, populationwide data and by blending text analysis with hypothesis testing. Findings suggest charter school identities are both race and class specific, outlining a new mechanism by which school choice may consolidate parents by race and class—and paving the way for behavioral and longitudinal studies. This project contributes to literatures on school choice and educational stratification.
分类学校:特许学校身份和分层的计算分析
研究表明,与传统的公立学校相比,特许学校在种族和阶级上的隔离更为严重。我研究了这种隔离的一种未被充分研究的机制:特许学校根据父母的种族和阶级特定的养育方式和教育价值观来规划身份。我使用计算文本分析来检测2015-16年运营的所有特许学校网站中对探究性学习的重视程度。然后,我估计了混合线性回归模型,以测试意识形态强调与学校和地区层面的贫困和种族之间的关系。因此,我通过收集当代人口范围的数据,并将文本分析与假设检验相结合,超越了特许学校身份研究中的方法论问题。研究结果表明,特许学校的身份具有种族和阶级的特殊性,概述了一种新的机制,通过这种机制,学校选择可能会根据种族和阶级巩固家长的地位,并为行为和纵向研究铺平了道路。本项目对择校和教育分层的研究有一定的贡献。
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CiteScore
6.90
自引率
5.10%
发文量
15
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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