- Title Information
- Title
- School Choice, Self-Sorting, and the Pursuit of Equitable Education in Portland, Maine
- Abstract
- School choice has a long and checkered history in American education policy. This thesis
examines the effects of school choice and self-sorting in a progressive district trying to produce
quality and equitable education in the face of rapid demographic change. Racial and
socioeconomic enrollment imbalances between the high schools have exposed how the social
and cultural backgrounds of families shape their educational values, tastes, and perceptions.
White, middle-class families weigh their progressive values against their structural privileges,
often prioritizing perceived educational advantages for their children at the expense of the
formation of diverse schools. Marginalized families both seek out opportunities for educational
advancement and mobility and racial/ethnic/linguistic belonging. Competitive pressures further
exacerbate identity-based self-sorting by motivating schools to signal educational values to
certain demographic groups. Even in ideal conditions, I argue, school choice cannot produce
diverse and balanced schools, but I offer insights and recommendations for how districts can
craft controlled choice policies that steer individuals’ choices toward community values and
meaningful social integration.
- Name:
Personal
- Name Part
- Pierce, Siri A.
- Role
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- creator
- Name:
Personal
- Name Part
- Levitas, Anthony
- Role
- Role Term (marcrelator)
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- thesis advisor
- Name:
Personal
- Name Part
- Flores, Andrea
- Role
- Role Term
- reader
- Name:
Corporate
- Name Part
- Brown University. Public Policy
- Role
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Text
- sponsor
- Origin Information
- Copyright Date
- 2024
- Type of Resource (primo)
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- born digital
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- English
- Note:
thesis
- Senior thesis (AB)--Brown University, 2024
- Note
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- International and Public Affairs
- Genre (aat)
- theses
- Subject (fast)
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- Topic
- Race relations
- Subject (fast)
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- Topic
- School choice
- Subject (fast)
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- Topic
- School integration
- Subject (fast)
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- Topic
- education policy
- Subject (fast)
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- Topic
- Maine--Portland
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DOI
- 10.26300/yk79-qe98