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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452611903321

Autore

Andre Bechely Lois N. <1953->

Titolo

Could it be otherwise? : parents and the inequities of public school choice / / Lois Andre-Bechely

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Psychology Press, , 2012

ISBN

0-415-94520-8

1-315-02436-5

1-136-72813-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xv, 240 p. ) : ill

Collana

The critical social thought series

Disciplina

379.1110973

Soggetti

School choice - United States

Educational equalization - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published by Routledge in 2005.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Institutionalizing public school choice in an urban district -- Bureaucratic structures, privilege, and discrimination: parents navigate the application process -- Choice work: getting access to magnet schools -- Playing the "points game": unfair advantage in school choice -- What we know otherwise: how Brown and NCLB hit home.