"I Just Didn't Want to Risk It": How Perceptions of Risk Motivate Charter School Choice among Latinx Parents

Autor/in	Szabo, Julia
Titel	"I Just Didn't Want to Risk It": How Perceptions of Risk Motivate Charter School Choice among Latinx Parents
Quelle	In: American Educational Research Journal, 59 (2022) 4, S.651-686 (36 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0002-8312
DOI	10.3102/00028312221078579
Schlagwörter	Hispanic American Students; Hispanic Americans; School Choice; Charter Schools; Parent Attitudes; Motivation; Risk; Grade 6; Middle School Students; Educational Environment; Student Experience; School Safety; Educational Quality; Administrator Role; Parent Participation; Disadvantaged Youth; Racial Differences; Ethnicity; School Districts; Texas (Houston) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hispanic; Hispanic Americans; Student; Students; Hispanoamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Choice of school; Schulwahl; Charter school; Charter-Schule; Elternverhalten; psychologische; Motivation (psychologisch); Risiko; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; Middle school; Middle schools; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Studienerfahrung; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Elternmitwirkung; Benachteiligter Jugendlicher; Rassenunterschied; Ethnizität; School district; Schulbezirk
Abstract	Latinx students now make up the largest share of charter school students nationally. In this article, I focus on Latinx charter school choosers in Houston, Texas, and ask what motivates Latinx parents to exit district schools. Drawing on interviews with 31 families, I find that perceptions of present and future risk motivate charter school choice. Perceptions of present risk centered on children's negative experiences with safety and academics and parents' negative experiences when they attempted to intervene in district schools. Perceptions of future risk focused on future district schools and relied on information from networks, observations, and the educational experiences of U.S.-born parents. Parents framed charter school choice as a strategy to mitigate risk and protect their children's educational futures. [This article was presented at the 2021 meeting of the American Sociological Association.] (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01