2014/09/24 by Holly Yettick · 1 citation
Social Sciences · Psychology · #School Choice and Performance #Parental Involvement in Education #Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies #BLISS #School choice #Quality (philosophy) #Low income #Set (abstract data type) #Psychology #Public relations #Sociology #Political science #Socioeconomics #Computer science
paper · doi:10.1177/0042085914550414
openalex publication_date 2014/09/24 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/21
If school choice programs are to provide any degree of equitable access to educational opportunities, then useful information about academic quality needs to be available to all participants, not just those who hob knob with the school board members or chat with the superintendent over the backyard fence. This study draws upon a unique data set to identify two information sources (parent websites and school choice enrollment guides) associated with low-income and minority families’ selection of higher quality schools in Denver. The study also highlights two types of information lacked by low-income and minority families who ended up selecting lower quality schools.