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OverviewSeeing the consequences of competitive school choice policy through students' eyes While policymakers often justify school choice as a means to alleviate opportunity and achievement gaps, an unanticipated effect is increased competition over access to coveted, high-performing schools. In A Contest without Winners, Kate Phillippo follows a divers Full Product DetailsAuthor: Kate Phillippo , Kate PhillippoPublisher: University of Minnesota Press Imprint: University of Minnesota Press Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 21.60cm ISBN: 9781517904333ISBN 10: 1517904331 Pages: 240 Publication Date: 19 March 2019 Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , General , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsContents Abbreviations Introduction: Competitive Choice Policy, the Students Who Enact It, and Its Social Backdrop 1. Unequal Opportunities, Unevenly Distributed: The Puzzle of Admission Results 2. Education Policy without Educators: How Competitive Choice Puts Responsibility for Quality Schooling on Students 3. The Sculptors and the Sculptures: How Neighborhoods Shape and Are Shaped by Competitive Choice Policy 4. Differentially Defended: Students’ Developmental Vulnerability to Competitive Choice and Family Capital’s Buffering Role 5. Civic Education: How Competitive Choice Policy Encourages Civic Individualism Conclusion: Surprises, Lessons Learned, and a Few Paths Forward Acknowledgments Appendix A: Research Participants Appendix B: Research Methods: Learning from Adolescents about Urban Education Policy Appendix C: High Schools Attended or Mentioned by Study Participants, by School Type Notes IndexReviewsFinally, a smart, thorough, in-depth examination of the impact of high-stakes competitive high school admissions processes on the young people who engage it. A Contest without Winners holds a mirror up to the district, showing what the costs are for policy decisions to heavily invest in a few elite schools rather than ensuring that all students in the district have access to high-quality schooling. --Amanda E. Lewis, coauthor of Despite the Best Intentions: How Racial Inequality Thrives in Good Schools A Contest without Winners shows readers the faces and voices of the eighth graders embroiled in Chicago's competitive choice system. Kate Phillippo describes how the students navigate the demands placed on them, how the system changes their views of fairness and of themselves, and how school choice policy legitimizes the very inequalities that rig the competition. --Kevin G. Welner, director, National Education Policy Center Author InformationKate Phillippo is associate professor of cultural and educational policy studies at Loyola University Chicago’s School of Education. She is author of Advisory in Urban High Schools: A Study of Expanded Teacher Roles. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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