Educating Latinx and African American Students in Charter Schools: A Comparative Study from Chicago

Autor/inn/en	Bu, Qingyu; Mendenhall, Ruby
Titel	Educating Latinx and African American Students in Charter Schools: A Comparative Study from Chicago
Quelle	In: Education and Urban Society, 54 (2022) 7, S.771-796 (26 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Bu, Qingyu)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-1245
DOI	10.1177/00131245211027522
Schlagwörter	Hispanic American Students; African American Students; Case Studies; Neoliberalism; Academic Achievement; Charter Schools; Comparative Analysis; Educational Resources; Educational Benefits; Disadvantaged; Enrollment Trends; Prediction; Racial Differences; Equal Education; College Entrance Examinations; Public Schools; Achievement Gap; Career Readiness; College Readiness; Academic Standards; Achievement Tests; Mathematics Tests; English; Language Arts; Illinois (Chicago); SAT (College Admission Test) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hispanic; Hispanic Americans; Student; Students; Hispanoamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; African Americans; Afroamerikaner; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Neo-liberalism; Neoliberalismus; Schulleistung; Charter school; Charter-Schule; Bildungsmittel; Bildungsertrag; Vorhersage; Rassenunterschied; Aufnahmeprüfung; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Achievement test; Achievement; Testing; Test; Tests; Leistungsbeurteilung; Leistungsüberprüfung; Leistung; Testdurchführung; Testen; English language; Englisch; Sprachkultur
Abstract	The public school system in U.S. has changed dramatically over the past few decades. Institutionally, neo-liberal reform has created a new educational apparatus known as charter schools. As they admit students without school boundaries, these schools promise to offer great opportunities for disadvantaged students. The enrollment in charter schools is mainly Latinx and Black students, especially in large urban areas. That demographic shift is not reflected in the literature because previous studies have predominately focused on comparisons between Whites and minorities. Using Chicago as a case, this study compares the association between the enrollment of Black and Latinx students with educational resources and academic performance in charter schools. Using Illinois Report Card data representing 119 public schools during the 2016 to 2017 academic year, we aimed to understand which group could more systemically benefit from charter schools. We found that although the enrollment of Black students might be associated with better educational resources (i.e., total number of school days per academic year, and class size), the enrollment of Latinx students predicted stronger school academic performance on the SAT and PARCC. Those findings can contribute to the debate about institutionalized racial inequality in education and the effects of charter schools. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01