Contextual Explanations of School Choice

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Attitudes Toward Diversity and the School Choice Process (2013, background): “The desire to provide their children with a high quality education is a common trigger for middle-class relocation, as parents seek to avoid urban public school systems that frequently suffer from inadequate resources, low achievement rates, and unfavorable reputations (Bayoh, Irwin, & Haab, 2006; H”
Does Moving to Better Neighborhoods Lead to Better Schooling Opportunities? Parental School Choice in an Experimental Housing Voucher Program (2010, background): “…examining the school choice decisions of minority families finds that cultural orientation, parents’ educational background, and neighborhood context are all factors that determine whether parents engage in school choice programs at all (Lauen 2007; Wells and Crain 1997; Wells 1996; Bulman 2004).”
Schools or Neighborhoods or Both?: Race and Ethnic Segregation and Educational Attainment (2009, background): “Possibly as a result of these options and policies, as many as half of all students in urban areas do not attend the high school associated with their neighborhood (”