A01=Carolyn Sattin-Bajaj
Author_Carolyn Sattin-Bajaj
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children of immigrants
community-based organizations
cultural values
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Hispanic American children
No Child Left Behind
peer influence on high school selection
school choice
school demographics
Product details
- ISBN 9781612507095
- Weight: 300g
- Dimensions: 152 x 226mm
- Publication Date: 30 Aug 2014
- Publisher: Harvard Educational Publishing Group
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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School choice - now a pillar of education reform in the United States - is widely touted as a strategy for addressing educational inequity. Yet efforts to implement school choice can exacerbate, rather than counteract, inequities. Unaccompanied Minors takes a close look at the experience of immigrant students and their families who are navigating New York City’s mandatory high school choice program.
Drawing on rich ethnographic data - including students’ own perspectives on the decision-making process - Carolyn Sattin-Bajaj examines the assumptions and expectations underlying the school system’s policies for implementing school choice and contrasts these with the cultural and practical obstacles that prevent many immigrant students from navigating the system effectively. The author distinguishes between “strategic” and “passive” choosers and analyzes the constellation of integrated supports, guidance, and normative messages that contribute to a strategic orientation. Most importantly, Unaccompanied Minors outlines strategic steps schools and districts can take to guide families from all backgrounds through the choice process.
Drawing on rich ethnographic data - including students’ own perspectives on the decision-making process - Carolyn Sattin-Bajaj examines the assumptions and expectations underlying the school system’s policies for implementing school choice and contrasts these with the cultural and practical obstacles that prevent many immigrant students from navigating the system effectively. The author distinguishes between “strategic” and “passive” choosers and analyzes the constellation of integrated supports, guidance, and normative messages that contribute to a strategic orientation. Most importantly, Unaccompanied Minors outlines strategic steps schools and districts can take to guide families from all backgrounds through the choice process.
Carolyn Sattin-Bajaj is an assistant professor and codirector of the Center for College Readiness at Seton Hall University, USA.
